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[acesfullofkings]

Is there any good general guidlines for playing heads up poker when the stacks arent that deep and when they are deep?

[HiLo]

This will probably get torn apart but here goes!

When stacks are deep:
Small blind/button -
Raise 2-3bb with something like these - pps 22-QQ, A8+, K9+, QT+, JTs+. Limp everything else unless opp is a serial raiser from the big blind in which case fold the really bad hands. (Adjust the range to dump according to his aggression.)
Big blind -
If opp has limped, raising range should be similar (maybe a bit tighter than) the above mentioned hands but raise 4-5bb cos of your bad position post flop.
If opp has raised then you need to get an idea of what he is raising with and how he plays post flop before you can adjust your calling/re-raising range. As always, playing hands out of position sucks! However at deepstacked heads up sessoins you will see plenty of show downs and get a good feel for how he is playing.

As stacks become shorter things get more tricky as we are more and more pot comitted everytime we play a hand. I think one of the STT specialists might be able to answer this better!

[cobere]

HOH2 Chapter 12

[Sheetah]

This will probably get torn apart but here goes!

Yeah ...

When stacks are deep:
Small blind/button -
Raise 2-3bb with something like these - pps 22-QQ, A8+, K9+, QT+, JTs+.

What you mean by 'pps 22-QQ'? You never raise with AA and KK?

Limp everything else unless opp is a serial raiser from the big blind in which case fold the really bad hands.

OMG
NO NO NO NO NO!
(just don't forget you said 'When stacks are deep') If you want to play the hand from the button - RAISE and I can't stress that enough. As Harrington said: HU is the confrontation of unpaired cards and you'll be surprised how often you take the pot down with nothing and don't be afraid to 2nd_barrel if you sense weakness. If you have really bad hand then fold. There's no shame in mucking utter crap PF.

Look at it this way (and this is proven strategy that many successful players were talking about): by raising you increase pot size making all later bets bigger as well - bigger pots in general mean you technically 'increase the stakes'.
And accordingly ...

Big blind -
If opp has limped, raising range should be similar (maybe a bit tighter than) the above mentioned hands but raise 4-5bb cos of your bad position post flop.

... OOP you should be really careful, meaning against some opponents ATs is not insta-raise. By making pots smaller when OOP you technically 'decrease the stakes'.

The big picture
if you are disciplined and keep doing like described above in the end you will get:
* you are playing 'higher' stakes when in position
* you are playing 'lower' stakes when out of position
Can you imagine how this will affect your win rate?

If opp has raised then you need to get an idea of what he is raising with and how he plays post flop before you can adjust your calling/re-raising range. As always, playing hands out of position sucks! However at deepstacked heads up sessoins you will see plenty of show downs and get a good feel for how he is playing.

My best advice is to play really tight against the button raiser. And even if he's raising light you should probably play a little tighter than you think you should.

As stacks become shorter things get more tricky as we are more and more pot comitted everytime we play a hand. I think one of the STT specialists might be able to answer this better!

This is for sure the hardest part to learn to do properly. It just takes experience and there are no shortcuts.