$22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

This guy has been pretty tight heads up. He either min raises when first to act, or just folds. His completion here seems odd to me. How's the line? Should I have put him all in preflop or is the way I played it ok? I fear that he has a monster here because of the limp completion.



#Game No : 2880196396
***** Hand History for Game 2880196396 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16541064 Level:9 Blinds(250/500) - Wednesday, November 16, 23:05:38 EDT 2005
Table Table 13775 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 9: batmanubc ( $5390 )
Seat 10: DBBuster24 ( $2610 )
Trny:16541064 Level:9
Blinds(250/500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to batmanubc [ 7s As ]
DBBuster24 calls [250].
batmanubc checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, Kd, Ac ]
batmanubc checks.
DBBuster24 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
batmanubc checks.
DBBuster24 bets [1000].
batmanubc is all-In [4890]

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

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This guy has been pretty tight heads up. He either min raises when first to act, or just folds.

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What have you done to his min-raises? Have you come over the top of him on a lot of them, or just checked like you did here? If you'd been checking a lot, to me, this could indicate, not a monster, but that's he's decided he can complete and see a flop with a weaker hand. If you've come over the top of him a lot, then you might have something to worry about.

I probably put him all-in preflop. Or at the very least, I'll bet out when the ace hits. The only reasoning I can think of to check the flop when you hit the ace is to check raise, and heads up, against a tight player, I don't like the play so much, just bet out and push him with your top pair.

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

I still go all-in and see KQ etc. enough for this to be profitable, most people wouldn't think you had the ace the way you played it. I'd probably go all-in on the flop though.

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

Get yer chips in there.

Yugoslav

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

Move in preflop or at least bet the flop!

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

I push preflop. It is natural to be suspicious, but I think the completion is still usually a weak hand. I wouldn't assume stregth without a better reason.

Having checked preflop, I don't think your play post flop is bad. I wouldn't check the flop earlier in the game, but HU I don't think you have to play this hand fast.

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

On HU when somebody completes to me for the first time, I always push If I have at least K high. No matter what he had done before.

If he completes again after that.. well, then I get suspicious.

- Begbie

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

I call really fast.

You've got top pair on a non-drawish board, heads up, with shallow stacks. You can't wait for the immortal nuts, shove it in.

Re: $22 - Heads up facing suspicious completion:
 

Short stack is about 5 BBs. I push Ax P/F. Even if I didn't, I push TP on the flop.

The Shadow