Can you tell me what is best kind of play in heads up's for you? And which is most successfully.

Originally Posted by Radi

Can you tell me what is best kind of play in heads up's for you? And which is most successfully.

You need to ask this Dave

He was winner in CC HU event

Aggressive poker most often works in HU. Are you talking about HU games or adjusting your style in a tourney or SNG after getting to HU? Key thought to remember, most hands miss the flop most of the time in HU.

Generally aggression is key. You miss the flop a lot, a pair is usually good even bottom pair. SB has position post flop so raise most hands from SB - any pocket pair, any ace, suited and unsuited connectors any two broadway.
Massive part of the game is adjustments to your opponent play not everyone plays the same. If opponent is passive play aggressive and try and blow them off hands, if opponent is aggressive use that aggression to get value and call very wide.

In heads-up no-limit hold'em, aggression and position are Important and you should be raising from the button with a very wide range of hands. Your aim is not just to put maximum pressure on your opponent and build pots, it's also to develop the opportunity to put him to tough decisions later in the hand.

Out of position, you will need to play much more , defending only with hands that you can play with confidence, like pairs, suited connectors, Broadway cards, and high or suited aces.

You also need to balance your ranges and attempt to seize back the momentum in a hand by re-raising frequently against a player opening a lot of hands from the button.

Against aggressive players who re-raise frequently, you will need to combat this through a mixture of four-betting with marginal hands, calling with big hands to trap and calling with more speculative hands. You should also be prepared to go broke with a decent top-pair type hand, a big draw or even just a big bluff

Originally Posted by bee gees

You need to ask this Dave

He was winner in CC HU event

Lol thats great thanks for this advice

Originally Posted by Kenzie 96

Aggressive poker most often works in HU. Are you talking about HU games or adjusting your style in a tourney or SNG after getting to HU? Key thought to remember, most hands miss the flop most of the time in HU.

HU tournaments.

Aggressive line is the key. Also, you need to study push fold charts in order to understand the dynamics of your hands.

I think first thing that you need to do is to get your opponent style, then is easier.

playing heads up is tricky. sometimes you have to show and make your opponent understand that your a bluffer so that your opponent calls every hands you play and when you have a confirm hand you will get the payoff.

Hell I have found that playing any two cards can be worth it when heads up, atleast to the flop.. and face cards are amazing .. Ace - Jack high can win a lot of hands you would be surprised. It is just hard going all the way to the river with nothing if it gets expensive. But hey if you are happy with 2nd place prize... just get it in!

Originally Posted by SantasPoker

Hell I have found that playing any two cards can be worth it when heads up, atleast to the flop.. and face cards are amazing .. Ace - Jack high can win a lot of hands you would be surprised. It is just hard going all the way to the river with nothing if it gets expensive. But hey if you are happy with 2nd place prize... just get it in!

Yeah Steph you're right.

Identifying how your opponent is playing and adjusting accordingly as in all poker it's situational, you need to be able to switch gears.

Heads-up is the moment when only two players remain at the table until the end of the tournament or the best hand in a game between them. This situation is often full of excitement, as players tend to be more aggressive. The bluffs do not lack, and it's nice to see a good heads-up from time to time, incidentally most or all of the tournaments are decided after a heads-up. But even if your hand is good the ideal is to avoid the showdown. An experienced opponent with a reasonable hand will not fold easily.

Aggressive game,is key for this type ofa game.
You can't wait card here,you can't be passive so you need to be aggressive or don't register for this type.

depends on the oponent,how he plays,if u have notes on him....many thing,but agresion is good in HU,try to be agresive:P

Originally Posted by Radi

Can you tell me what is best kind of play in heads up's for you? And which is most successfully.

you can almost all hands, even if it is possible and suited is the best hand to play

Absolutely right aggressive game,is key for this type ofa game.

Originally Posted by Daniljev

Absolutely right aggressive game,is key for this type ofa game.

Yeah but it a lot of aggression can be dangerous.

Originally Posted by Radi

Yeah but it a lot of aggression can be dangerous.

I think in this heads up it the lesser of evils

Aggression is the best here, though I'm not really that aggressive once I took the tournament and earned $ 64, I'm not a fan of HU i rarely play them, but when you gather all of them and I'll have to go to play

We must be able to play Heads up if you want to be able to win the top prize in the tournament.

Originally Posted by amadeusace

Aggressive line is the key. Also, you need to study push fold charts in order to understand the dynamics of your hands.

Push fold in HU and in MTT 9 table size this is a very different strategys

When you are in heads-up there is only one big mistake to make and that is really devastating: Play very safe.

Of course there are several mistakes that can be made but playing a few hands, very cautious is the worst of them. On a full table, a player will usually win 11% of the hands, in heads-up that number rises to 50%!

For this to happen you must play more than 50% of your hands. A player who gets much less involved than this is already one step away from defeat. So do not do it! Throw several hands and play aggressively after the flop if you hit something.

So that's it, GL on the tables !!!
Yelmo poker 01

tried agressive play, didn't pay off, best part is it payed until had week hands and lost finally all with actually strong hands

I am not so good with HU play but I really know that you have to play with a lot of aggressiveness toward your opponent , play with his weaknesses , make the best use of the position , play a wide range of cards . Be ready to bluff when the opponent is weak or when the cards you get are not so good by 3betting , bluff the board when you feel there good chances to make him fold especially if your stack is big . Be prepared to get it all in with PP and other cards .

Originally Posted by heix24

tried agressive play, didn't pay off, best part is it payed until had week hands and lost finally all with actually strong hands

there are disappointments in life =) But this does not mean that the tactics wrong

I preffer to play just good hands,in general i dont like an agressive style of playing,so be patient and play when you have good cards and get maximum from that hand.

You should be aggressive, and play many hands. For example i use a big raise on small blind When i play hu with weak players. If i play with strong player, i often use slow play. But better to do a raise for exclude random hands.

Play aggressively. If you hit a pair on the flop you're very likely to have the best hand. Play the almost every hand you get in position and raise 90% of the times preflop. These are some general things I think about when playing HU, but as always you need to get a good read on your opponent and adjust your game to that.

All in the high hand, try to steal the pot when the opponent is uncertain.

I used to love the little heads-up tournaments for 256 people. He won several times but then somehow tired. single heads-ups played minus. I can not explain why

Aggression is undoubtedly important, but you must have a game system. That is, you have to determine for themselves what hands to go to the bank, after raising the enemy. In general, enough for me about 10-15 hands in order to understand how to play the enemy and determine the very system of the game.

The mistake is to play many hands and cautiously. Big mistake is to play safe.

Heads Up hyper turbo horosh.Po for me very much as I learned a lot about how to win it.

Originally Posted by YuriNepo

Aggression is undoubtedly important, but you must have a game system. That is, you have to determine for themselves what hands to go to the bank, after raising the enemy. In general, enough for me about 10-15 hands in order to understand how to play the enemy and determine the very system of the game.

Well said, you need just a few hands to understand the others player style.

Originally Posted by Radi

Well said, you need just a few hands to understand the others player style.

You have to, because you are starting with equal stacks! Otherwise, until you adapt your strategy, the opponent will be far away from your range of counter attack ...

Best tips for you are make friends with other heads up players, its gonna improve your game and study as much as you play, it helps for me. Good luck at tables and hope to play against you some day

First and the most important is to figure out what type of player is your opponent and than u can play opposite and hes yours

Lately I'm playing only SnG 9p turbo, and looking at my stats I realized that when I reach heads up I end up winning more in first than in second, 60% of the times I manage to win the heads up, its not that great but it really makes up for the times I don't win.

What is the best strategy to play a HU how should I behave to the opponent does not realize that I will be nervous?

I think that heads up you need to play aggressively , it affects a lot !!! tight player is likely to lose...

play more hands, play aggresive but it is necessary balance
otherwise you will be exploited

Originally Posted by heix24

tried agressive play, didn't pay off, best part is it payed until had week hands and lost finally all with actually strong hands

It maybe just was a down streak? How many hands (HUs) you have played?

Heads up is a very unique situation, and I think that aggression plays its hole very well here, cause the odds for both sides really depends on the community cards. I watched a video of Daniel Negreanu heads up against his ex girlfriend, and the skill really made part of the game, not needed to mention he probably made her feel so bad playing that table. There are lot of guides telling you to play very loosely and play some mediocre hands, but be careful cause the same way that hand can lead you to win, it can also lead you to lose the first place (let's be ambicious and try to look for the best place haha). In my opinion, the flop will surely determine who is probably the winner of one hand, although there are other 2 cards to come, if someone doesnt hit the flop and gets bet, he'll probably fold it even if it was KQ on a flop like T66, cause even if the bet from the other player could be a bluff, it's not worth to put more money into it.

husngs.com has some great free hu training videos-turbos, hypers, cash, jackpot, and deep

In my opinion , aggressive poker most often works in HU. Key thought is to remember, most hands miss the flop most of the time in HU.

It is absolutely necessary to play aggressively. We also need to make decisions, at least some (which the enemy takes)

Originally Posted by Radi

Can you tell me what is best kind of play in heads up's for you? And which is most successfully.

Naturally, Caution and aggressiveness

I tried to play, not mine. I will continue to MTT and Sit & GO