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Are you suggesting to defend with any 2 cards in this situation? I can't see how that can be profitable. Even if you know he's stealing how can 72 or 84 be worth a call here as you've got the worst hand going in.

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well usually you should muck trash like 72o, 92o..etc, they really have no playablitily factors postflop. Id call 84s though in order to play some pokah postflop.

See the problem most ppl have with HU poker is they dont understand preflop hand values at all. How your hand compares to a random hand (if u are sb/button first to act)...you are almost always no worse than a 2-1 dog to any random hand regardless of your holding...against a aggressive button stealer u will be a little worse but u are getting 3-1 w/ position. Thats huge, especially if u play better than the stealer. You know most likely he may have the best hand but its an unpaired best hand almost always.

So 1. you flop a pair 33 percent of the time
2. a flush draw 10 percent of the time and
3.depending on what your cards are a str8 draw or gutshot another percentage of the time (example JTs hits something on the flop over 2/3 of the time, easily).
4.Some of the time u will hit nothing and steal the pot from K-high or Q-high

...add to the fact that all this is magnified with postion.

People do not understand. If u play optimal HU poker against anybody that does not know what is going on, or even if they are a good tag at fuller games, they will call u a fish. Optimal HU poker boggles many players minds.

EDIT: I guess it would be easier to say call 2/3 of all hands. But this also assumes this guy raises 100 percent of the time. But if u have control over this guy still call super liberally, still call super liberally regardless but tighten up a little if it makes u uncomfortable. Anyway here is a range of 2/3 of all hands:

22+,A2s+,K2s+,Q2s+,J2s+,T2s+,94s+,84s+,74s+,64s+,5 4s,A2o+,K2o+,Q4o+,J6o+,T6o+,96o+,86o+,76o

Still, you always have to remember to take into account who your opposition is. Against a rock tighten up, etc.