Critique my HU play

[Messy_Jesse]

Maybe I'm just a little dissapointed I lost this one, but I wanted to know everyone's thoughts on the end of this $55 SNG. Was I too aggressive or was this just a case of losing coinflips? Thanks in advance.

#Game No : 2006606808
***** Hand History for Game 2006606808 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:7 Blinds(200/400) - Friday, May 06, 02:34:28 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $6507 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $3493 )
Trny:11958261 Level:7
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ 8s Ac ]
trimthezim calls [200].
Messy_Jesse raises [4700].
trimthezim folds.
Messy_Jesse shows [ 8s, Ac ] high card ace.
Messy_Jesse wins 5500 chips from the main pot with high card ace.
Game #2006607625 starts.

#Game No : 2006607625
***** Hand History for Game 2006607625 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:7 Blinds(200/400) - Friday, May 06, 02:34:43 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $6907 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $3093 )
Trny:11958261 Level:7
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ 8h Jh ]
Messy_Jesse raises [1400].
trimthezim folds.
Messy_Jesse does not show cards.
Messy_Jesse wins 2000 chips
Game #2006608355 starts.

#Game No : 2006608355
***** Hand History for Game 2006608355 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:7 Blinds(200/400) - Friday, May 06, 02:34:55 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $7307 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $2693 )
Trny:11958261 Level:7
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ 9s As ]
trimthezim raises [600].
Messy_Jesse raises [3100].
trimthezim folds.
Messy_Jesse shows [ 9s, As ] high card ace.
Messy_Jesse wins 4300 chips from the main pot with high card ace.
Game #2006609386 starts.

#Game No : 2006609386
***** Hand History for Game 2006609386 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:7 Blinds(200/400) - Friday, May 06, 02:35:13 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $8107 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $1893 )
Trny:11958261 Level:7
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ 6s 3d ]
Messy_Jesse folds.
trimthezim does not show cards.
trimthezim wins 600 chips
Game #2006609859 starts.

#Game No : 2006609859
***** Hand History for Game 2006609859 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:7 Blinds(200/400) - Friday, May 06, 02:35:21 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $7907 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $2093 )
Trny:11958261 Level:7
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ Th 8c ]
trimthezim calls [200].
Messy_Jesse raises [1900].
trimthezim folds.
Messy_Jesse does not show cards.
Messy_Jesse wins 2700 chips
Game #2006610689 starts.

#Game No : 2006610689
***** Hand History for Game 2006610689 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:7 Blinds(200/400) - Friday, May 06, 02:35:36 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $8307 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $1693 )
Trny:11958261 Level:7
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ 6s Kc ]
Messy_Jesse raises [2900].
trimthezim is all-In [1293]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, Qc, 5d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
Messy_Jesse shows [ 6s, Kc ] high card king.
trimthezim shows [ 7s, As ] high card ace.
Messy_Jesse wins 1407 chips from side pot #1 with high card king.
trimthezim wins 3386 chips from the main pot with high card ace.
Game #2006611666 starts.

#Game No : 2006611666
***** Hand History for Game 2006611666 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:8 Blinds(250/500) - Friday, May 06, 02:35:53 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $6614 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $3386 )
Trny:11958261 Level:8
Blinds(250/500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ 9h 2h ]
trimthezim is all-In [3136]
Messy_Jesse folds.
trimthezim does not show cards.
trimthezim wins 3886 chips
Game #2006612379 starts.

#Game No : 2006612379
***** Hand History for Game 2006612379 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:8 Blinds(250/500) - Friday, May 06, 02:36:06 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $6114 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $3886 )
Trny:11958261 Level:8
Blinds(250/500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ Th 9s ]
Messy_Jesse is all-In [5864]
trimthezim is all-In [3386]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, Ts, 8h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
Messy_Jesse shows [ Th, 9s ] two pairs, tens and eights.
trimthezim shows [ Jd, Kd ] two pairs, jacks and eights.
Messy_Jesse wins 2228 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, tens and eights.
trimthezim wins 7772 chips from the main pot with two pairs, jacks and eights.
Game #2006613307 starts.

#Game No : 2006613307
***** Hand History for Game 2006613307 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:11958261 Level:8 Blinds(250/500) - Friday, May 06, 02:36:22 EDT 2005
Table Table 11900 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 7: Messy_Jesse ( $2228 )
Seat 3: trimthezim ( $7772 )
Trny:11958261 Level:8
Blinds(250/500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Messy_Jesse [ Ah Kd ]
trimthezim is all-In [7522]
Messy_Jesse is all-In [1728]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, Tc, As ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
trimthezim shows [ Qs, Th ] two pairs, queens and tens.
Messy_Jesse shows [ Ah, Kd ] a pair of aces.
trimthezim wins 5544 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, queens and tens.
trimthezim wins 4456 chips from the main pot with two pairs, queens and tens.
Messy_Jesse finished in second place and won $150.
Messy_Jesse has left the table.
Congratulations,trimthezim! You won $250.
that just wasnt fair
trimthezim has left the table.
Table Closed

[curtains]

Seems fine to me, although I would have raised allin with the J8s, since you can't fold to a reraise, and you don't want to encourage these guys.

Also the T8o is read dependant, and I would usually fold based on the previous action. The guy is so short and has been pushed around so much, that it's around the time to backoff, as your fold equity should be much lower than expected.

[handsome]

I don't like how you showed those Ax hands

[curtains]

Yeah I don't do that crap. Some people are dumb enough not to realize to push there and actually call preflop or check from the BB. I might show with hands like AA-99 however, and bigger aces. That really depends on my mood though.

[Apathy]

[ QUOTE ]
Yeah I don't do that crap. Some people are dumb enough not to realize to push there and actually call preflop or check from the BB. I might show with hands like AA-99 however, and bigger aces. That really depends on my mood though.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think in general youd just be better not showing anything, people arent (that..) stupid and when the only hand you show them is some big ace etc. then they assume you are showing them becuase you are stealing usually, just don't show.

[Angelic_Ace]

If super-aggressive is your style then I can't critique your play here. To me, your raises are too big - I prefer grinding someone out to going all-in so often. It seems you are inviting a great deal of chip swing if he happens to get a good calling hand (which he did).

[curtains]

I think people are stupid /images/graemlins/smile.gif I don't show very often, but sometimes you feel like you are playing an overly tight and unsophisticated opponent, and if I think showing a big hand will make them fold more, I do.

[curtains]

[ QUOTE ]
If super-aggressive is your style then I can't critique your play here. To me, your raises are too big - I prefer grinding someone out to going all-in so often. It seems you are inviting a great deal of chip swing if he happens to get a good calling hand (which he did).

[/ QUOTE ]

His raises are the correct sizes. When the blinds are huge, you should expect large swings headsup. You cant be putting in 1/3 of your stack to raise with something like J9s and then folding to an allin. Doing so wil get you killed headsup.

[Newt_Buggs]

no offense, this thread is a good example of aggressive HU play, but does anyone want to post a HU match that had frequent difficult decisions (most likely involving flops, pf reraises)? I think this could benefit everyone, its just that most of the plays in this example were fairly straight forward. I would post one of mine, but I just finished for the night and cant think of any good ones off the top of my head

[meow_meow]

Well, there weren't any real coinflips. You were at least moderately behind every time you both put you money in, except the final hand.
That said, there was nothing wrong with your play except the showing. I don't know what you were trying to accomplish with that - they weren't huge hands that would encourage villain to fold, and they weren't super weak holdings that would encourage calls either....