More Heads-up Meyhem ($5.50)

[bonaparte]

OK here we are again. I learned a lot from the comments on the last post. For this heads up session I only put in a raise of 3xBB. Never was either my opponent or I ever with a stack of <10BB so all in shoved did not come into play here until the last hand. Am I starting to get this stuff yet?

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---Tournament Summary---
$5.50 SNG: Finished 2/9 for $13.5
Data for 35 hands.
You played 14 hands (40.00%)
You raised 10 times preflop (28.57%)


-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 10.68
PokerStars Game #14481538780: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:47:51 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (10295 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (3205 in chips)
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 8 A
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 400 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


6 T BB (M = 11.35; r+F)
6 7 SB (M = 10.68; F)
9 6 BB (M = 10.35; r+F)

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 9.68
PokerStars Game #14481560714: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:48:55 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (10595 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (2905 in chips)
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt J Q
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: calls 400
Flop: 8 J 9
brudl: checks
mjcongleton: bets 2305 and is all-in

brudl: calls 2305
Turn: T
River: K
Showdown:
brudl: shows A 6 (a flush, Ace high)
mjcongleton: shows J Q (a straight flush, Eight to Queen)
mjcongleton collected 5810 from pot


6 J BB (Folded to mjcongleton.)
J 6 SB (M = 19.70; F)

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 19.37
PokerStars Game #14481584897: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:50:01 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (7690 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (5810 in chips)
brudl: posts small blind 100
mjcongleton: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 5 9
brudl: calls 100
mjcongleton: checks
Flop: A K 3
mjcongleton: checks
brudl: checks
Turn: A
mjcongleton: bets 200

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 400 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


4 3 SB (M = 20.03; F)
K 8 BB (Folded to mjcongleton.)
5 3 SB (M = 20.03; F)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 19.70
PokerStars Game #14481609032: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:51:09 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (7590 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (5910 in chips)
brudl: posts small blind 100
mjcongleton: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt Q 6
brudl: calls 100
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 400 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


T 4 SB (M = 20.37; F)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 17.17
PokerStars Game #14481623125: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:51:47 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (7490 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (6010 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
brudl: posts small blind 100
mjcongleton: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 7 8
brudl: calls 100
mjcongleton: checks
Flop: 7 3 J
mjcongleton: bets 600

brudl: raises 6665 to 7265 and is all-in

mjcongleton: folds
brudl collected 1650 from pot
brudl: doesn't show hand


3 2 SB (M = 14.81; F)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 14.46
PokerStars Game #14481639803: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:52:32 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (8440 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (5060 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
brudl: posts small blind 100
mjcongleton: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 9 7
brudl: calls 100
mjcongleton: checks
Flop: 9 3 4
mjcongleton: bets 600

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 450 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 15.10
PokerStars Game #14481646737: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:52:51 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (8215 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (5285 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 8 J
mjcongleton: calls 100
brudl: raises 200 to 400

mjcongleton: calls 200
Flop: 5 4 9
brudl: bets 200

mjcongleton: folds
brudl collected 850 from pot
brudl: doesn't show hand


7 4 BB (M = 13.89; r+F)
9 4 SB (M = 13.24; F)
2 9 BB (M = 12.89; r+F)

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 12.24
PokerStars Game #14481669926: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:53:55 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (9215 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (4285 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt J 9
mjcongleton: calls 100
brudl: raises 200 to 400

mjcongleton: raises 3860 to 4260 and is all-in

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 850 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


7 4 BB (Folded to mjcongleton.)

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 13.81
PokerStars Game #14481682633: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:54:30 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (8665 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (4835 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt K 9
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 450 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


3 J BB (M = 14.46; r+F)

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 13.81
PokerStars Game #14481694859: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:55:04 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (8665 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (4835 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 6 A
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 450 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


A J BB (Folded to mjcongleton.)
6 T SB (M = 14.81; F)
K 3 BB (Folded to mjcongleton.)
2 9 SB (M = 14.81; F)

-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 14.46
PokerStars Game #14481718248: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:56:09 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (8440 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (5060 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
brudl: posts small blind 100
mjcongleton: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 9 A
brudl: calls 100
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: calls 400
Flop: K 6 2
mjcongleton: bets 600

brudl: calls 600
Turn: 5
mjcongleton: checks
brudl: bets 800

mjcongleton: folds
brudl collected 2450 from pot



-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 10.96
PokerStars Game #14481737682: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:57:03 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (9665 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (3835 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt J 9
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 450 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


T 4 BB (M = 11.60; r+F)

-----Hand 13-----
Hero's M = 10.96
PokerStars Game #14481751758: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:57:42 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (9665 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (3835 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt 7 A
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: calls 400
Flop: 5 Q 2
brudl: checks
mjcongleton: bets 3210 and is all-in

brudl: folds
mjcongleton collected 1250 from pot
mjcongleton: doesn't show hand


5 3 BB (Folded to mjcongleton.)

-----Hand 14-----
Hero's M = 13.10
PokerStars Game #14481765800: Tournament #73453401, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/01/11 - 13:58:21 (ET)
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Table '73453401 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: brudl (8915 in chips)
Seat 3: mjcongleton (4585 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
mjcongleton: posts small blind 100
brudl: posts big blind 200
Preflop: mjcongleton dealt Q T
mjcongleton: raises 400 to 600

brudl: raises 8290 to 8890 and is all-in

mjcongleton: calls 3960 and is all-in

Flop: 2 7 9
Turn: 8
River: 4
Showdown:
brudl: shows K 9 (a pair of Nines)
mjcongleton: shows Q T (high card Queen)
brudl collected 9170 from pot



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[kmind]

Looks a lot better, good job. I'm not sure if I'd call that last allin though. You're usually pretty dominated but just tough luck.

[FlyingSaucy]

6s 7s SB (M = 10.68; F)
This is a great spot to raise.

Hand 3
If you are going to play it, raise it because you have position post flop and are deep enough to feel things out.


4h 3h SB (M = 20.03; F)
Again another possible raise.

Hand 7
I like a call on that flop bet, getting good odds to draw to a pair and you're in position to find out on the turn if this guy was really serious or if he's on ace high.

Hand 8
Limp raising this seems suspect but I strangely don't find it too bad.

Hand 11
I like the preflop but find that opening the flop for a mere 600 is a bit weak. Either lead out for more and decide this is the hand, or a much better option is to check/fold.

Hand 13
A good play all around.

Hand 14
This is the only real problematic hand and unfortunately it busted you. You're calling 3960 for your tourney life in a pot of 4585 with QT. I understand that it was a fairly aggressive heads up battle going on so you should broaden your range that brudl is making this play with, but still I think most of that range has you beat fairly badly.

[fjuanl]

Hand 13 - I dont think you have to push the flop. Id make a standard cbet of 700ish

Hand 14 - Not a good idea calling all in for 20bb's with queen high, even if it is heads up. Depending on how aggressive you think the opponent is, I would be calling here with around A9+, KQ, 77+

[bjsaust]

Hand 2 JQo: mjcongleton: shows JSpade QHeart (a straight flush, Eight to Queen) - OMG, how much does that rock . Oh, and hand played perfectly btw.

Hand 3 59o: I like that turn move. I need to do that more.

Hand 4 Q6s: Nice.

Hand 5 78o: Hmm, I'd love to pull a c-r on that flop with middle pair, but with the FD out there I think you played this right.

Hand 6 97o: As above, nice.

Hand 7 8Jo: I dont like this. J8o is a top 50% hand (just), raise it PF.

Hand 8 9Jo: Umm. Same as above, not sure about the push over, but taking a stand is never too bad of a move.

6Spade TSpade SB (M = 14.81; F) - Raise the PF

Hand 11 9Ao: Well played.

Hand 13 7Ao: I'm guessing you pushed flop because of hand 11, but I'm with fjuanl, std c-bet instead. Too risky as played.

Hand 14 QTs: I dont like the call here. You have lots of time. Yes he's been aggressive, but I dont think this is the hand to take a stand with.



Final Thoughts

Much improved from the last few. I think you mentioned you have HoH 2? I think its in that book that he gives the hands that make up various hand %'s. Take some time to get an idea of them. Use them to put Opp on ranges. You only want to call someone if you're at least in the top 50% of the range you put opponent on. For instance if you think opponent is pushing over with 90% of hands in that last hand, then you need at least a top 40% hand to call with. However if you think he's only pushing over with 20% of hands, you need a top 10% hand to call with. Putting opponent on accurate ranges and making appropriate calls is a real key to HU play.

[bjsaust]

Oh one more head-shrink type point. I know being a 2:1 dog in chips can make things seem desperate, but you need to realise you've got over 20 BBs to play with here. HU things arent ever desperate until you get to about 4xBB. Keep reminding yourself that you have time and chips to play with, and that for a good player your position isnt that bad.

[FlyingSaucy]

The reason 13 is a push is because his range is way ahead of opponent and we don't want to get in a situation that we make a crying call if put all in.

[bonaparte]

Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm getting better. Yes it is HOH2 which has the hand rankings in it. I actually keep it open to that page when I'm playing heads up, at least until I have the ranges in my head automatically.