Ask me anything about headsup

Originally Posted by !Luck

At what stage would you recommend someone start to learn HU, if they are Micro FR cash player? Does it make any sense to split ones time learning both games (FR and HU), or do you suspect it would be better to learn one then the other?

I usually tell people to just stick to 6-max and/or fullring until they get to at least a small stakes or midstakes level. I definitely wouldn't split time learning both, they're just so different that you may end up confusing yourself.

That being said, there are good players who started playing hu at micros and worked their way up to high stakes.

1) Even though HU cash has stagnated a huge amount due to rampant bum hunting and refusal of action to winning players would you still consider it to be the most consistently beatable form of cash poker?

2) Minimum # of buyins to be "rolled" for cash vs HUSnGs?

3) Most tilting HU moment?

whats your sn on ftp/stars?

Originally Posted by andees10

whats your sn on ftp/stars?

RunItTrim on ftp

Redgrape on Stars

Originally Posted by Donachello

1) Even though HU cash has stagnated a huge amount due to rampant bum hunting and refusal of action to winning players would you still consider it to be the most consistently beatable form of cash poker?

2) Minimum # of buyins to be "rolled" for cash vs HUSnGs?

3) Most tilting HU moment?

1) It definitely is one of the most profitable games at least from a bang for your buck standpoint. Fish will make monumental makes deepstacked and good players can have big winrates. But the bumhunting has basically gotten out of hand at this point. Personally I think the sites should eliminate hu cash altogether because of this, it doesn't make sense to have a game where you have a player who can refuse action at all. If you had a hu table at a casino, and someone sat down but you refused to play, would the casino let you sit down at the hu table again? No. I think the sites should give the ability for players to create their own private hu games, so when two players really want to challenge each other to headsup, they can.

And becuase of the bumhunting, hu cash is a huge waiting game, which is basically why I stopped playing. HU SNGs are much more fun because it's literally impossible to avoid playing someone if you're sitting down.

2) I don't think there's really a minimum. If you're playing a game you have a good edge in you could play it with only 5 buyins... as long as you're willing to move down when you have to or you can get a stake. I play with over 100 buyins though so what do I know lol.

3) When I'm playing a total clown and I need to just get a decent hand and then I get AA and he open folds lol.

Originally Posted by Numbr2intheWorld

I usually tell people to just stick to 6-max and/or fullring until they get to at least a small stakes or midstakes level. I definitely wouldn't split time learning both, they're just so different that you may end up confusing yourself.

That being said, there are good players who started playing hu at micros and worked their way up to high stakes.

This is probably more of a 6-max question...

But wouldn't learning to play heads-up, improve your 6max game, in the end?

I've heard that said several times, and i can imagine that you gain an edge in certain situation, like when the table just starts or breaks up, or in blind battle situations...

Or it might also helps you to adjust faster to aggressive 6max players in that you get more experience playing marginal hands for bigger pots.

Originally Posted by Tom42

This is probably more of a 6-max question...

But wouldn't learning to play heads-up, improve your 6max game, in the end?

I've heard that said several times, and i can imagine that you gain an edge in certain situation, like when the table just starts or breaks up, or in blind battle situations...

Or it might also helps you to adjust faster to aggressive 6max players in that you get more experience playing marginal hands for bigger pots.

Hmm, I think you can learn some stuff to improve your game at 6max when playing hu. Like you said, blind battle situations are basically like hu situations.

But I just think if you're are microstakes or low stakes, you have tons to learn and it's not going to improve your game any faster dabbling in hu. You could also learn slightly wrong, because in some ways hu is totally different and if you don't understand fundamentals well you will think something applies to both hu and 6max when it actually doesnt.