$6.25 turbo headsup s&g

Afterwards he claimed he had 4 2 which obviously is absurd, so that makes me think he did have the big pair he's representing, or could that just be an ace?
I'm new to headsup s&gs, I mainly play them to improve my headsup game for other s&gs and tourneys. Ok/bad/terrible line here?


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t1450)
Hero (t1550)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 9.
Hero raises to t60, BB raises to t100, Hero calls t40.

Flop: (t200) 5, 5, 6 (2 players)
BB bets t140, Hero calls t140.

Turn: (t480) 6 (2 players)
BB bets t160, Hero raises to t500, BB calls t340.

River: (t1480) 7 (2 players)
BB bets t710 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: t2190

I'm not sure I see the point in calling the flop but raising the turn. He reraised you PF, led with a CB on the flop, and then fired a 2nd shot (even though it was basically a string bet) on the turn. Stacks are deep enough at this point that neither of you have to get aggressive with questionable hands. I think you either have to get more aggressive earlier in the hand (PF, flop) or just call down to see a cheap river/showdown.

Well, from his postflop play my thinking was that he had an AK, AQish kind of hand, and he played rather aggressively, able of firing two bullets.
I just called the flop in hopes of seeing a favourable turn card and generally to get more information (his bet looked very much like a standard c-bet). Then, when he bet weakly on the turn I thought I had the best hand - his call surprised me, obviously I thought my read from the earlier streets was wrong and that he indeed had me beat.

I don't see why him calling your reraise on the turn would make you change your read right there. Since there is now 2 pair on the board, why wouldn't he call with AK or AQ. Like the poster before me said, you really can't flat call the flop and then reraise the turn right there. The best play would to have either played the small pot or reraise on the flop. By reraising the turn, you were basically asking him to stick it in on the river. I believe that if you call he flips over AJ or AQ and you win it right there. My advice would be to try and keep the pots smaller during the early levels of the match. This way you don't end up putting yourself in a position like the one you just had. Anywho, I hope you made the comeback to win that, and good luck in the rest of your heads up adventures.

Chris

I hate the turn raise. Every hand that you have beat folds and every hand that beats you calls.

He shoved after you raised the turn. He most likely has you beat here. Kick yourself for raising the turn and fold.

I reraise preflop and get it in on the flop.

If he shoved on top of my reraise pf I would call.

It's not a terrible idea, but there are way too many flops that would make me sick to shove with 99. If you get a flop with as little as one overcard, you're probably only called if you're beat. If I four-bet preflop, my fourth bet is going to be a preflop shove. I'm not re-raising preflop then folding when the board comes TJK and I'm facing a pot sized bet.

BB minraised us pf, no reason to suspect he has us beat. I might suck at hu, but I love 9s there pf and on the flop.

Really, 99 is that strong heads up? I don't really have a good feel for head up play yet.

Thanks for your suggestions everybody, I guess I made big mistakes on every street, just calling preflop and on the flop, raising the turn and not calling the river. Fairly sickening actually, looking back.

If it was a $100 sng I might look at it a little differently . But in a $6 hu sng you're gonna get people playing back at you with a maniacal range here.

99 is definitely a solid hand HU but the problem is that this scenario is very different from being HU at the end of a SnG or tourney, when the blinds are high and players are forced to take chances. Because this is early in a HU match, the stacks are still deep enough relative to the blinds that opponents are more likely to call raises with questionable hands to see the flop.

I don't like the idea of a PF shove simply because the blinds aren't worth stealing and you're most likely only going to get called by a hand that puts you at best on the right side of a coinflip (and at worst, outpaired). I think you need to make a larger PF raise to represent strength so that you're in a bit better position if he calls and the flop has overcards.