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My heads up play is flawed..
I have many more 2nds than 1sts. I attribute this to poor heads up play. I'm sort of at a loss about how to go about improving, so I guess I'll start by requesting any good heads up articles. Anyone know of any? Or are than any good posts here geared towards general heads up play? I'm just taking a stab in the dark because I don't know where else to start.
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
push every hand
btw there is a heads up forum <<<--- |
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
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push every hand btw there is a heads up forum <<<--- [/ QUOTE ] LOL, the headsup forum is for Limit players. Not much SNG or NL headsup advice there. |
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
First off, plenty of good posters here have more seconds than firsts over large numbers of SNGs. The structure of party poker SNGs sort of dictate that once you're heads-up, it's going to be a coin flip. If anything, I'd guess that you are playing too passively and not pushing enough.
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
I doubt my problem is not pushing enough. If anything, I think I push too much. My real problem is deciding when to call pushes when the blinds get huge enough.
Let's use an example. Even 4000 stacks. Blinds 300/600. Most hands thus far consist of the SB pushing, and the BB folding. What range do you call his push with? |
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
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First off, plenty of good posters here have more seconds than firsts over large numbers of SNGs. The structure of party poker SNGs sort of dictate that once you're heads-up, it's going to be a coin flip... [/ QUOTE ] If this is the case, then you're playing incorrectly. |
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
I think it's important to look at the amount you have in comparison to your opponent when you get HU. If you're losing a lot when you start with equal stacks, that could be a problem.
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
...or it could just be our friend "variance". I once went a whole day of 50+ tournies without a first (0-10). When I went over the histories, I couldn't see anything I did wrong. Just bad luck.
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
I don't consider myself a poor heads up player, but my numbers wouldn't indicated that I am a good heads up player.
2nd place > than my first place finishes by 4.1% |
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Re: My heads up play is flawed..
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...or it could just be our friend "variance". I once went a whole day of 50+ tournies without a first (0-10). When I went over the histories, I couldn't see anything I did wrong. Just bad luck. [/ QUOTE ] I think this is correct. I am quite aggressive heads up and i have won 7 in a row followed by loosing 6 in a row. Not a lot you can do. Overall, I am 50/50. As another poster said, stack sizes at the beginning of a match are crucial. But I guess you'll need more than 1000 tourneys under your belt to draw any conclusions. If you start the HU on average with significant lower chips than 4000 (let's say on average you have less than 3200) you should analize your ITM (last three left) play and maybe more important, your bubble play. As long as you do not have the data rely on a very very aggressive strategy and you shouldn't lose much EV. |
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