What kind of cards you play headsup.

[boos1122]

Warning my english isnt very good

-I have played a lot of heads-up one vs one. And my question to you pro's is what kind of hands you play in a heads-up. Do you play hands like 89 or do you fold this. Please tell me so i can learn from you guys.-

Another question i have is how you play AA/KK/QQ. Do you play them aggreesivily or tight? I am always scared if i play aggresieve they fold.

Be well,

Boos1122

[XTR1000]

Your question is too general. There are spots to flat Aces and there are spots to open or 3bet 89. There are games where u want to open 100% of buttons and there are some where you´re nitting it up. It all depends on what your opponent does. Look what he does and capitalize on his mistakes.

Generally speaking it´s not bad to open a lot of buttons if the villian has a fold button. If people fold a lot when you´re raising big hands, slowplaying is not the answer. Raising more hands is.

Learn to analyze and memorize what your opponent does, then figure out a way to exploit them, then profit.

[yourfather]

Opening like 70-75% of buttons is pretty standard I believe. Playing big hands fast is usually best but of course adjust to different villains.

[diseelinger]

first study your opponent... you must play based on the way he plays! on a heads up you see people agressivly, people slow, people who pays everything, people who folds every raise... and then you can start playing your game based on the best way to win that type of opponet tips!

[Numbr2intheWorld]

the answer, like xtr said, is it depends. In general play much looser on the button and much tighter in the BB.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

first study your opponent... you must play based on the way he plays! on a heads up you see people agressivly, people slow, people who pays everything, people who folds every raise... and then you can start playing your game based on the best way to win that type of opponet tips!

QFT, exactly

[geczvz]

in my opinion you must play only high cards like 10,j,q,k,a but you need to see the flop

[jera]

Is there a table of cards you should use compared to your blinds that you should shove with?

[Purple_Pwner]

When i'm playing against a passive player i'm constantly raising and stealing pots with any cards to chip them down and when they play back at me I lay it down.. Every now and then when they play back you'll have a a real hand and can take them down.

Against a maniac I tighten up and slow play more hands, but still look for good spots to steal.

Against a good tight-aggressive player, i'll be changing my game constantly, trying to find a pattern in their play I can exploit.

[golfguy37]

Your range should be much much larger in heads up. You should definately play 89, in fact, you should raise with this hand if you are in position.

[Crusher10]

Your range should be much much larger in heads up. You should definately play 89, in fact, you should raise with this hand if you are in position.

This depends on the style of play of youre opponent. And try to give your opponent a wrong image of your play by showing him your whole cards when you make a sick bluff. Try to talk people into reloading (so they can give you more money if you know you are better).

[TonyB73]

in my opinion you must play only high cards like 10,j,q,k,a but you need to see the flop

Oh, I agree.

Limp/call pre-flop every time you have an A, K, Q, J or 10, but auto-fold everything else. Excellent strategy.

How about a heads-up match then?

[Crusher10]

in my opinion you must play only high cards like 10,j,q,k,a but you need to see the flop

Oh, I agree.

Limp/call pre-flop every time you have an A, K, Q, J or 10, but auto-fold everything else. Excellent strategy.

How about a heads-up match then?

lol I spotted him first, first dibs!

[Sprayed]

first study your opponent... you must play based on the way he plays! on a heads up you see people agressivly, people slow, people who pays everything, people who folds every raise... and then you can start playing your game based on the best way to win that type of opponet tips!

QFT, exactly

Most of the posts in this thread are garbage. This is spot on. You can't play by a chart like a robot if you are going to be successful in HU. You have to adjust to your opp. and play accordingly.

[MrMadusa]

i play anything im just smart about going all in in less i have a for sure winner
withh aa kk in a heads up match are usualle good hands to play but when u play better make sure once u see the flop that you have anough chips that if the player ur up against goes all in and if u dont win the hand u still have atleast half ur chips so dont slow play with those hands and just play smart

[ChokeOnMySho]

Thanks to all those that posted, this helped me aswell

[Proviper]

Me personally i play any 2 cards heads up if im in the position to raise or know my opponent is weak i might raise because he doesnt know the 2 cards i have if its 72 or aa it is how you bet in heads up and the way you play your hand. Heads up is alot different than a single table or a 6 man and you for sure got to play alot more hands and make alot more bets than you do and make alot more bluffs as well in heads up unlike playing a mtt tight as a rock you cannot do that heads up

the answers can be find on headsup-pokerstrategy.C0M

[Sir Pawnalot]

I dont like the term "bluffing". I think about it more as representing a hand that beats villains range.

[Sabr1988]

Based on my eperience in HU, i will say that mostly the cards like 89, 78, 67, 56, and other cards who most people consider as much weaker then AA, KK and so on, are actually pretty helpfull cards, maybe you flop a straightdraw or flushdraw or maybe even better, a straight or a flush. And a player with AA would mostly never fold AA if you go AI in that position. So my advice is, play as many hands you can as long as they dont raise more then 3xBB. In tournaments its mostly the same, play alot cards where you might think you will flop something good, that can mostly pay out in the end.
But ofc. the most important before playing those kind of hands is that you have to a kind of know your opponents playing style, so that you somehow know the value of the cards you play when seeing a flop etc. So, very important not just go AI with all kind of hands and just think you can beat him, you must see the flop first, thats the secure way.

Now, this comment is based on my own playing experience, and if someone disagree please let me know why, i dont need those idiotic comment who only signalising "I'm better then you".

Good luck.

[wakeboarrder]

cards dont matter, play your opponent =P