NL Heads up SNG- IGNORE SORRY
Hi all, Thought this is as good a time as any to join. Iv been playing small stakes for around 2 years online and am enjoying every minute (almost every min :P ). NL cash and limit can get pretty dry after a while, particularly after a downswing. SNG's iv found to be a crap shoot....you may think im on a downer.
Quite the opposite actually, about 2 months ago i stumbled on heads up SNG's , 11 and 22 dollar ones specifically. In 48 hours, i s**t you not, i made $587. I used a doubling up method (martingale you could say) when losing a game. Pure folly right ?, what happens when losing 5 times in a row ? going to bet my whole roll :shock: ?.
Well no ..after playing an 11 and losing, a 22 loss and then a 55 loss, i merely went back to the 11's and the 80 odd percent winrate i was riding.
My strategy was not what you might think. Logic would say aggressive right ?, well luckily players at these small stakes heads up are rather cluless and passive, all i did was to play reasonable tight (relatively speaking in HU you understand) and after a while when i hit trips or two pair (either being almost a dead cert HU) i would go allin - many times i would be called and win - happy days.
Not such a happy ending though, my initial strategy was working fine, because I WOULDNT play a 77 or above, well tilt reared its head, i made the assumption that 77 players would be the same as 11/22 (wrong). I lost it all - however, this is an area of poker which few have really exploited to its max. Granted, playing against the odd aggressive player is hard, and there is varience, I still believe that any competant player can make some coin in HU SNG's. Give em a go if ya havent :wink:
