losing the lead heads up
 

I was thinking of this today...

When you are the short stack in a SNG heads up you should raise a lot more hands than you normally would heads up because the opponent fears losing a lead.

like say 2500 to 5500 with 200/400 or 150/300 blinds or something.

is this neither new nor informative news?

eh i'll try harder...

Re: losing the lead heads up
 

With those stack sizes and blinds you won't be just raising a lot more, you'll be pushing almost 1/3 of your hands.

Or should, at least, IMO.

Re: losing the lead heads up
 

right right thats what i mean... obviously i am pushing a lot and not just raising 3xBB or something.

hey its been a while since i've played SNGs.

give me a little bit to think of something useful.

Re: losing the lead heads up
 

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right right thats what i mean... obviously i am pushing a lot and not just raising 3xBB or something.

hey its been a while since i've played SNGs.

give me a little bit to think of something useful.

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Yes, you need to push more than the big stack needs to call. He can wait for a better hand and let you pick up the blinds for a while.

Think of it as a football team who is down by two TD in the 4th quarter. You don't have time to run the ball 7 times on a scoring drive. You need to take some chances, because you're in trouble.

Re: losing the lead heads up
 

Closer to 3/3.

Re: losing the lead heads up
 

Exactly. If you play less than 1/3 BB can always fold anything and still come out ahead! And if either you or your opponent has less than 10BB any action shold usually be a push.

If BB doesn't defend enough, always pushing is easily correct. And defending enough means calling more than half the hands, including with crap such as T7s. (Of course, if you have T7s in the BB and SB pushes, you should only call if SB does indeed push enough.)

One can actually argue that if a HU with shallow stacks last more than 6-7 hands, one or both players play poorly.