Headsup from the blind

[Ed Miller]

15-30 at the Bellagio. It has recently been a fantastic game, but two of the fantastic game-makers have just toddled off and now it's probably in the good game category. I'm posting this hand because I'm doing a review of my play in pots that are headsup on the flop. I think my play is good to excellent in multiway pots, but only mediocre in headsup pots. I'd like to change that. I expect to post more such hands in the future.

I am in the BB with A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. There is an extra blind this hand, as someone has posted the big blind "in between" the button and the small blind. Folded to the button who raises. I don't know much about him, but I've seen him show down hands like J9s after raising in spots like this. In between blind folds, SB folds, and I call.

Flop is A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. I check, button bets, I call.

Turn is Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. I check, button bets, I call.

River is 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. I bet.