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Defying conventional wisdom III - don't slow-play big hands heads-up
BigBluster
Member Posts: 1,075
Last one of these, I promise.
We've all heard it: when you're heads-up in a tournament you should 'change gears' and slow-play your big hands. The aim is to make your opponent kill himself through his own aggression while you sit there with a monster and call him down.
I disagree (of course, no point in the thread otherwise!)
Here's an example. The last hand from the £750 GTD yesterday (and also to show that my slightly unorthodox way of playing can pay off):
Nothing exciting in the hand per se, but would slow-playing my queens have elicited the shove? I doubt it very much. Yet convention has you slow-playing in this situation, when at best the villain would raise, then fold when you come over the top. He only shoved to my raise because he thought I was trying it on, a slow-play would have sent alert bells ringing in his head.
Forget the conventional theory about slow-playing, when heads-up entice the shove. The best way to entice the shove is by raising.
In my opinion, of course.
We've all heard it: when you're heads-up in a tournament you should 'change gears' and slow-play your big hands. The aim is to make your opponent kill himself through his own aggression while you sit there with a monster and call him down.
I disagree (of course, no point in the thread otherwise!)
Here's an example. The last hand from the £750 GTD yesterday (and also to show that my slightly unorthodox way of playing can pay off):
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BigBluster | Small blind | 1000.00 | 1000.00 | 70442.00 | |
| VILLAIN | Big blind | 2000.00 | 3000.00 | 64558.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| BigBluster | Raise | 7000.00 | 10000.00 | 63442.00 | |
| VILLAIN | All-in | 64558.00 | 74558.00 | 0.00 | |
| BigBluster | Call | 58558.00 | 133116.00 | 4884.00 | |
| BigBluster | Show |
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| VILLAIN | Show |
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| Flop | |||||
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| Turn | |||||
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| River | |||||
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| BigBluster | Win | Pair of Queens | 133116.00 | 138000.00 | |
Forget the conventional theory about slow-playing, when heads-up entice the shove. The best way to entice the shove is by raising.
In my opinion, of course.
Comments
I think the last time anyone slowplayed anything was in 2003
Mods - please delete.
I actually figured thats what these three "defying conventional widom" were really about
That you had won an MTT through non standard play and were super chuffed about it and were sharing your wisdom
Did you limp button with pocket 4's, flop a set and stack someone? Then minned K's in LP stacking the blinds by any chance
(Meant to be very tongue in cheek)
Well done sir
wp