nate1729
10-06-2005, 11:59 AM
Folks --
A while back there was a question about who would have the advantage in a heads-up match, a guy who had black eights faceup every hand or his opponent.
A friend of mine and I both thought his opponent would have the edge, but my friend thought the edge would be bigger, so he laid me 3:2 and we each started with 25 BB and I took the eights.
I won pretty easily. Now, this is just one data point, but it's better than nothing. I should note that I think my friend made some major errors in strategy (he almost never checkraised with hands that did or didn't beat the eights, and I don't think he bluffed the turn nearly enough.)
One minor point is that the contest was really really grueling. Lots of folding, lots of shuffling. Them two-undercard hands come around a lot.
Anyone care to guess what the proper strategy is for raising out of the BB with 88 when the SB completes? I was doing it like 50% of the time.
--Nate
A while back there was a question about who would have the advantage in a heads-up match, a guy who had black eights faceup every hand or his opponent.
A friend of mine and I both thought his opponent would have the edge, but my friend thought the edge would be bigger, so he laid me 3:2 and we each started with 25 BB and I took the eights.
I won pretty easily. Now, this is just one data point, but it's better than nothing. I should note that I think my friend made some major errors in strategy (he almost never checkraised with hands that did or didn't beat the eights, and I don't think he bluffed the turn nearly enough.)
One minor point is that the contest was really really grueling. Lots of folding, lots of shuffling. Them two-undercard hands come around a lot.
Anyone care to guess what the proper strategy is for raising out of the BB with 88 when the SB completes? I was doing it like 50% of the time.
--Nate