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  1. #1

    Default Low Stakes: Premium hands

    I think I'm OK at HU so far and I've been winning steadily at the low stakes, but I've been losing a lot of cash lately on premium hands. I was thinking about this last night and I'm not sure if I am playing them right - I want a second opinion !

    Ok, So lets say this is a $12 HU Sng the blinds are at 15/30 and the stacks are even at 1500. I'm on the button with QQ, I raise to 90 and get reraised to 300. What is the general rule in this spot HU? Sometimes at low stakes I would consider a push but is this the right play? The problem I have with just calling is the flop typically coming A/K x x and him betting 500 and thus, me being commited if I choosed to play the hand any further.

    Also, what about the same type of situation with TT-AA, AK/AQ?

    ex. AQ is a fold preflop without no donk/tilt reads?

    Manners
    Low Stakes Grind Blog: TheManners.com

  2. #2
    I know this is a really basic question but I think HU sng in this situation is quite different to 6-max cash tables that I'm used to. Maybe I'm being too much of a nit preflop with these types of hands but I just don't like getting into close situations when I think I'm a better than most villians.
    Low Stakes Grind Blog: TheManners.com

  3. #3
    i wouldnt consider folding 77
    I got more flava than fruitstripe gum
  4. #4
    QQ is the nuts and its anything but close if you take into account that ppl go broke with like 22+,A8+,KJ+ or something like that. And I think that this range would be the tighter end of the spectrum at 10$ sng's.
    Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
  5. #5

    Default Re: Low Stakes: Premium hands

    Quote Originally Posted by Manners
    Also, what about the same type of situation with TT-AA, AK/AQ?

    ex. AQ is a fold preflop without no donk/tilt reads?
    I don't think I've ever folded any of those hands pre-flop in a HU SnG
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    Screw that, if I have QQ in a random low stakes HU game and villian 3-bets to 300 I push in a heartbeat.
    Just dipping my toes back in.
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    alright thanks for your opinions i guess I am too nitty in these spots.
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