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HU SnG's, Talk to me.
Dudeskin8
Member Posts: 6,228
Well I've had a go at the DYM's for a month and been fairly successful, in that I reached my highest ever profit playing them (all down to JC), and could easily carry on next month and most likely progress into the £5.50's and beyond given volume and sufficient run good but I feel like I should be at least trying to improve my game and that's not going to happen playing the Devil's game.
So on to the HU SnG’s, fair to say I haven’t got a lot of experience, played a few back in one of the first Forum head’s up tourneys and recently in Lamberts comp where I put down some major ownage on the Deb-dobs and should have got through the next round (but I’m not bitter 
). Apart from that and a few MTT HU’s I’m a blank canvas.
In terms of BRM I have a rough plan to put £50 towards it and start at the £1.05 level so ~50BIs but to be honest not sure if that’s enough or too conservative so advice would be good. Also on the numbers side the lower rake is defo appealing (on a side-note Russian roulette rake is double that of normal games lol :S) meaning I would need >52.5% to be in profit which sounds do-able, well unless I run like Greghogg. In terms of choice of game it looks like Hyper’s or Turbo’s, can’t imagine playing those 10 min blind ones long term lol.
Now on to the main part of the thread, strategy, I know it’s all about aggression, raise, raise, then raise some more but I need more detail. Is it fair to say that raising EVERY button is a legitimate play (at least against an unknown to test him/her) and then what hands can you call a 3bet with and is that even possible in a fast format and for that matter what hands is it good to 3bet with and then presumably call off, not sure if you can 3bet/fold much or can you? As for limping pre I know that’s terribad so it doesn’t exist as an option but what hands would calling be ok with OOP let’s say we’re readless early e.g. so 67s/J10o/33 ok or just bin ‘em? Also late on when you’re ~10bbs which I presume happens frequently is it JUST shove/fold or is there ANY room for minraise/folding and if it is shove/fold what percentage are you doing it, just enough to stay level stacked or relentlessly as ‘they never have a hand’ ?
Ok now the logistical side, basically info on how many are playable an hour either single table or multi, as for multi I can’t imagine me doing more than 2 at the start and probably just 1 for first few sessions but is it pretty hard to multi with being involved in every hand? Do these games (at the lower levels at least) run regularly throughout the day so register and play within 1-2 minutes and it does it just follow the usual poker time-table of better games later at night. Also on that concept of good games is a lot of this about finding one of those players who just keeps wanting rematches (the kind of sad fools who rebuy in freerolls) and just bleeding them dry?
Well that’s it for now, probably more questions I’ve missed out but for the time being this will have to do.
Thanks for any replies 
Comments
The small stakes heads up sit and gos are some of the easiest games in all of poker. Lots of players join these games without any real idea of what they are doing. You will run into the players who are either trying to get better so that they can play higher stakes, or players who are just after a quick fix and are trying to double their money. No matter who you are playing, the same basic approach should be applied.
Don’t try to force anything until the blinds start to diminish your stack. There is plenty of time to go after uncontested pots in the beginning of a SNG. If you are playing in a turbo/ultra turbo SNG, you have no choice but to pick up the pace rather quickly, but you will still have a chance to play a few hands with postflop strategy in mind.
The overall goal in these limits should be to pick apart the other player’s weaknesses. Now, this is your goal in any form of poker, but it is exponentially easier when you only have to beat one player. If you can identify some areas of weakness, it will be somewhat easy to capitalize on them. Go for the kill after you have established an edge.
Don’t try to win the whole match within the first few hands (unless you can do it safely). Work on chipping away at your opponent and pushing them to the edge. Because players at these limits are not all that experienced, you will be able to force your opponents into mistakes just as easily as you will be able to outplay them.
The mid stakes and high stakes heads up sit and gos are where the games start to really get tough. If you haven’t been able to beat the small stakes games over a significant sample size, don’t even waste your time trying to compete at these limits. The players that you will face in mid stakes games have practiced over thousands and thousands of games, and that is at the very minimum.
consistency is the absolute key in these games. Beyond this, you need to be consistent with some very advanced plays. If you can’t pick off light three bets with regularity, the chances are that your opponent will continue making that play. There isn’t a massive edge to be gained once you hit the mid stakes games, so your only chance of winning is to actually be very skilled yourself.
The strategy in these games is not so much taught as it is learned. There are many varying styles that can each work well. Dealing with variance is a necessity because it will smack you on a repeated basis.
PS ya say ya shoulda got through to next round ??
Ya beat me ya fffin idiot
ffs mate get it right
for the record they were: my 66 vs his KQ; my AK vs his QQ; my 55 vs his KJ
First two happened within the first eight hands (think the first was actually the first hand) and the second was after I had been gradually winning small pots and I had 4:3 chip. After that I got my aces cracked by a flopped straight.
My point is, how much of an edge can you really have over players in a heads up game where the money goes all in pre-flop so frequently? And is it enough to beat the rake?