Mastering Heads-Up Poker: Post-Flop Strategy & Key Differences in HU Tournaments vs. MTTs

PHX

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Last tournament win was a Cardsschat freeroll on 888.
There was not much strategy I won a coin flip situation.
For Headsup is all about adjusting. You got to adjust to how your opponent is playing and how the dealer is treating you. You always have more time than you think, always best to just play a few hands and see how your opponent is playing. Then you choose the optimal strategy. No half measure you think you have the best hand you call/raise you think you are beat fold. Always remember a pair is hard to make in holdem.
 
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My last win was only a few days ago. When I get heads up i just like to continue my normal aggressive game. Sometime like the last one players play in a way that wont allow me to play my game and I need to adjust my play. We were both about 45BB deep. After the 1st hand I raised and he folded, he pushed all in 3 hands in a row. HE was a pusher but had tightened up and we got deeper in the final table. I let him take 2 more hands down when I found what I wanted and much better than hoped. I just open raised and I 3bet jammed and he snap called with A9o and my Ajs held and won. Now with the chip lead I was looking for the kill. Next hand he jammed again but I woke up with a monster and called. My QQ vs his 63s He eloped a 6 but that was all and it was over. WHile I would have rather played a more post flop game so deep I has to and did adjust to him and took it down
 
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My last HU was yesterday in a mtt. My play usually changes dramatically once we're down to the last three or four. I always take a much more aggressive approach as we get to Hu. It is also dependent on the size of my stack but I definitely play with a much wider range once we're in Hu mode.
 
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