Hey guys...

I'd like a little help on my heads up strategy. I used to consider myself a fairly decent heads-up player, but recently I've taken a lot of 2nds and I'm wondering if maybe I need to fine tune my game.

Are there any truisms of heads-up play that you would offer?

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2nd place, 2nd place, another 2nd place in these 2 player tourneys.

-Bill Fillmaff

"...disqualified for urinating on the table, second place!"


Anyway, heads up is all about the player. Basically, you want to build big pots with showdown hands and take innitiative. By being the aggressor you want to make your opponent incorrectly fold 6-clean outs in decent pots.

If they are too tight. Raise 90-100% of the time on the button. Follow up bet on the flop.

If they are too loose, value bet the hell out of them and raise your hands that have an equity edge (heads up this is alot easier to find out). Limp with more hands because you are less likely to be raised and innitiative doesn't really matter.

If the are very aggressive, limp with more hands preflop. Make them make mistakes in smaller pots so that you punish them. Don't let him make you fold 6-clean outs when the pot is big! But don't go over board.


This is more or less my limit strategy. I wouldn't think NL would be that far off.

Raise 2/3 of your hands on the button.

BANG!

You're a winner now.

Post some hands maybe?

It depends on yur opponent. If they r tight and solid u should raise alot on the button, but limp if u have a hand like a suited connector with huge implied odds that could bust someone. However, dont become predictable. Against a loose aggressive player, try to set alot of traps wit huge hands and sandbag good hands like top pair or middle pair with a strong kicker, but dont let them constantly rob yur blind. Try to bluff raise alot. Against a weak player, try to see flops and outplay him. Against a good player who change gears, mix up yur play.