HU against tight-passive ($11 1-table)

End of a $11 1-table, looong HU session. Villain is very tight HU, likes to slowplay and trap. I folded a few trash hands from the button, mostly after pushing several in a row, should I have just kept on pushing?


---Tournament Summary---
$11 SNG: Finished 1/10 for $50
Data for 37 hands.
You played 19 hands (51.35%)
You raised 14 times preflop (37.84%)


-----Hand 1-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:50:52 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 12,280 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 7,720 )
Preflop: Hero dealt Q 4
Hero is all-In [12,080]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 12,680 chips



A 9 BB (Folded to Hero.)
9 3 BU (M = 0.00; F)
T 3 BB (Folded to Hero.)
9 4 BU (M = 0.00; F)
A 6 BB (Folded to Hero.)

-----Hand 2-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:51:38 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 12,880 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 7,120 )
Preflop: Hero dealt T Q
Hero is all-In [12,680]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 13,280 chips




-----Hand 3-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:51:47 ET 2007
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Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 13,280 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 6,720 )
Preflop: Hero dealt T 5
Villain calls [200]
Hero is all-In [12,880]
Villain is all-In [6,320]
Flop: T A 3
Turn: 2
River: K
Showdown:
Villain shows A Q: a pair of Aces.
Hero shows T 5: a pair of Tens.
Hero wins 6,560 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of Tens.
Villain wins 13,440 chips from the main pot with a pair of Aces.




-----Hand 4-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:52:01 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 6,560 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 13,440 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 7 2
Hero is all-In [6,360]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 6,960 chips



8 6 BB (Folded to Hero.)

-----Hand 5-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:52:17 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 7,160 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 12,840 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 2 K
Hero is all-In [6,960]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 7,560 chips



J 7 BU (M = 0.00; F)
5 8 BU (M = 0.00; F)
Q 2 BB (Folded to Hero.)

-----Hand 6-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:52:48 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 7,160 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 12,840 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 4 7
Hero is all-In [6,960]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 7,560 chips



4 K BU (M = 0.00; F) <-Definite push innit?

-----Hand 7-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:53:06 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 7,160 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 12,840 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 6 5
Hero is all-In [6,960]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 7,560 chips



2 J BU (M = 0.00; F)

-----Hand 8-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:53:24 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 7,160 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 12,840 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 5 8
Hero is all-In [6,960]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 7,560 chips




-----Hand 9-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:53:33 ET 2007
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Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 7,560 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 12,440 )
Preflop: Hero dealt Q T
Villain calls [200]
Hero checks
Flop: 8 Q 4
Hero is all-In [7,160]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 7,960 chips



7 5 BU (M = 0.00; F)
T Q BB (Folded to Hero.)
4 3 BU (M = 0.00; F)
7 4 BB (Folded to Hero.)

-----Hand 10-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:54:15 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 7,960 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 12,040 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 4 3
Hero calls [200]
Villain checks
Flop: 7 4 5
Villain checks
Hero bets [1,200]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 2,000 chips



Q 3 BB (Folded to Hero.)

-----Hand 11-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:54:37 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 8,560 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 11,440 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 3 3
Hero is all-In [8,360]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 8,960 chips



3 7 BU (M = 0.00; F)

-----Hand 12-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:54:54 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 8,560 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 11,440 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 7 2
Hero is all-In [8,360]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 8,960 chips




-----Hand 13-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:55:04 ET 2007
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Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 8,960 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 11,040 )
Preflop: Hero dealt Q A
Villain is all-In [10,840]
Hero is all-In [8,560]
Flop: 4 T 7
Turn: A
River: 3
Showdown:
Villain shows 3 K: a pair of Threes.
Hero shows Q A: a pair of Aces.
Villain wins 2,080 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of Threes.
Hero wins 17,920 chips from the main pot with a pair of Aces.




-----Hand 14-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:55:17 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 17,920 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 2,080 )
Preflop: Hero dealt Q 5
Hero raises [2,200]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 2,800 chips




-----Hand 15-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:55:26 ET 2007
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Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 18,320 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 1,680 )
Preflop: Hero dealt T 6
Villain is all-In [1,480]
Hero calls [1,280]
Flop: 4 A 6
Turn: 8
River: J
Showdown:
Villain shows J K: a pair of Jacks.
Hero shows T 6: a pair of Sixes.
Villain wins 3,360 chips from the main pot with a pair of Jacks.




-----Hand 16-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:55:38 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 16,640 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 3,360 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 2 9
Hero calls [200]
Villain is all-In [2,960]
Hero folds
Villain does not show cards.
Villain wins 3,760 chips

Auto call here?


-----Hand 17-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:55:52 ET 2007
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Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 16,240 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 3,760 )
Preflop: Hero dealt T 7
Villain is all-In [3,560]
Hero calls [3,360]
Flop: J A 2
Turn: K
River: J
Showdown:
Villain shows 8 8: two pairs, Jacks and Eights.
Hero shows T 7: a pair of Jacks.
Villain wins 7,520 chips from the main pot with two pairs, Jacks and Eights.




-----Hand 18-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:56:06 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 12,480 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 7,520 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 5 6
Hero is all-In [12,280]
Villain folds
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins 12,880 chips



K K BB (Folded to Hero.)

-----Hand 19-----
NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Trny: 34401658 Level: 5 Blinds(200/400) - Tuesday, July 10, 10:56:21 ET 2007
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Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 8: Hero ( 13,080 )
Seat 3: Villain ( 6,920 )
Preflop: Hero dealt 4 J
Hero is all-In [12,880]
Villain is all-In [6,520]
Flop: 9 5 6
Turn: 7
River: 3
Showdown:
Hero shows 4 J: a straight Three to Seven.
Villain shows 3 A: a pair of Threes.
Hero wins 6,160 chips from side pot #1 with a straight, Three to Seven.
Hero wins 13,840 chips from the main pot with a straight, Three to Seven.

Effective stacks are almost 20 bbs deep which means you really don't have to be pushing all-in every hand just yet.

Villain is very tight HU

Given this, GMML is especially right, no need to open push yet when you have position - unless you fell opp is a lot better than you are, which if he's very tight HU isn't really possible.

Most of these pushes are terrible. You could raise 2.5 to 3 times the big blind with the exact same effect. With stacks this deep, there's also nothing wrong with limping on the button and seeing flops.

Thanks guys, another piece in the puzzle. Sounds like I should go back to how I used to play HU before. I have to admit I felt I'm pushing too much, but had the gear stuck from the bubble/ITM with a shorter stack.

Also happy to report in the past 6 games I've finished 1st twice, 2nd once and 3rd once! Guess I'm back on the upswing, hope I don't come crashing down soon.

am I mis-reading this or does it say that the other dude folded KK on the 2nd to last hand?

Originally Posted by uscheese

am I mis-reading this or does it say that the other dude folded KK on the 2nd to last hand?

No I had cowboys, villain open folded.

Originally Posted by dsaxton

Most of these pushes are terrible. You could raise 2.5 to 3 times the big blind with the exact same effect. With stacks this deep, there's also nothing wrong with limping on the button and seeing flops.

QFT, you should be taking down small pots from this guy and avoiding big confrontations without at least a strong draw or top pair.

Originally Posted by CoccoBill

Originally Posted by uscheese

am I mis-reading this or does it say that the other dude folded KK on the 2nd to last hand?

No I had cowboys, villain open folded.

I gotcha...yea you've kind of put him into the mindset that he's probably going to wait for pocket pairs or AJ+ until he calls you...at least that's my impression which kinda stinks because your kings went wasted.