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5 Tips To Use When Playing Heads Up Poker
Here are my 5 tips you can use to improve your 'Heads Up' poker play
1. You don�t have to play every hand. It�s ok to fold your small blind if you have a lousy hand. Most players heads up play every hand. IMO, this is a mistake. You can�t wait for the best of the best, but you don�t have to play 63o either.
Don�t worry about the chips you�re losing here. Folding the small bind makes the other player think you�re only playing good hands so you�ll be able to raise him off of his BB enough to make up for it.
2. Don�t limp from the small blind, at least not very often. For the most part, you should either fold it or raise it. Save your limping for the BB. You don�t have position, so you need to win most of these hands pre-flop. The BB will probably raise you anyway. You need to be the one leading the betting.
The exception is if you get a monster like KK or AA.
3. Slow play the monster hand. If you get a big pocket pair, let the other overly aggressive player do the betting for you. This is player dependant, but if you�re against a player like I was playing last night, who kept using the all-in bluff, why not let him lead the way.
4. Mix up your play, a lot. I like to play a few hands in a row where I raise every hand and follow that by several folded small blinds. Switch up your raises from the minimum raise to a big half your stack raise. Keep the other player confused.
A confused player tends to be a passive player.
5. Don�t forget what got you there! If you�re a tight aggressive player and that�s what got you to the final two, then keep being tight aggressive. Don�t suddenly become loose aggressive. You�ll be out of your element.
Obviously your play has to loosen up when you get to this point, but you don�t have to be an �any two cards� type. It�s still ok to fold middle or bottom pair to an all-in bet.
Source: http://www.kickasspoker.com/poker-strategy/articles/5-tips-to-use-when-playing-heads-up-poker.htm
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Todays Hold Em Article
5 Tips To Use When Playing Heads Up Poker
Here are my 5 tips you can use to improve your 'Heads Up' poker play
1. You don�t have to play every hand. It�s ok to fold your small blind if you have a lousy hand. Most players heads up play every hand. IMO, this is a mistake. You can�t wait for the best of the best, but you don�t have to play 63o either.
Don�t worry about the chips you�re losing here. Folding the small bind makes the other player think you�re only playing good hands so you�ll be able to raise him off of his BB enough to make up for it.
2. Don�t limp from the small blind, at least not very often. For the most part, you should either fold it or raise it. Save your limping for the BB. You don�t have position, so you need to win most of these hands pre-flop. The BB will probably raise you anyway. You need to be the one leading the betting.
The exception is if you get a monster like KK or AA.
3. Slow play the monster hand. If you get a big pocket pair, let the other overly aggressive player do the betting for you. This is player dependant, but if you�re against a player like I was playing last night, who kept using the all-in bluff, why not let him lead the way.
4. Mix up your play, a lot. I like to play a few hands in a row where I raise every hand and follow that by several folded small blinds. Switch up your raises from the minimum raise to a big half your stack raise. Keep the other player confused.
A confused player tends to be a passive player.
5. Don�t forget what got you there! If you�re a tight aggressive player and that�s what got you to the final two, then keep being tight aggressive. Don�t suddenly become loose aggressive. You�ll be out of your element.
Obviously your play has to loosen up when you get to this point, but you don�t have to be an �any two cards� type. It�s still ok to fold middle or bottom pair to an all-in bet.
Source: http://www.kickasspoker.com/poker-strategy/articles/5-tips-to-use-when-playing-heads-up-poker.htm
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2008 WSOP Event #42 $1,000 Seniors NLHE World Championship: Dan LaCourse Wins
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At the end of Day 2 of the WSOP Seniors event, Dale Eberle would win the final hand to edge out Dan LaCourse for the chip lead going into the final table. But at the end of the final table it would be LaCourse, a retired police...
2008 WSOP Event #44 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Rebuys: Maistriaux, Kohlberg, Hanks Day 1 Leaders
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0700
The $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys Event #44 drew 879 players and, thanks to the 2,508 rebuys and add-ons, generated a prize pool of over $3.2 million. After ten rounds of play, the field had thinned to just 115 players, 34 shy of the...
2008 WSOP Event #43 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo: Erik Seidel Seeks Ninth Bracelet
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Sixty-eight players returned to the Brasilia Room at the Rio on Wednesday to play down to the final table of Event #43, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. After a lightning-fast Day 1, all the remaining players were well within...
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A measure proposed by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) to block implementation of regulations called for by the United States' 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was pulled from consideration after...
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In 2006, the World Series of Poker added their first ever $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, which was dubbed the player's championship. In some ways, pros wanted to win the H.O.R.S.E. bracelet more so than the Main Event. With the title also...
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