big hand vs small pocket pair heads up

No Limit Holdem Tournament
2 Players
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$5 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go

Stacks:
baudib1 (SB) (1,750)
BB (1,250)

Blinds: 15/30

Pre-Flop: (45, 2 players) baudib1 is SB K:spade: A:club:
baudib1 raises to 60, BB goes all-in 1,250, baudib1 calls 1,190

Flop: K:diamond: 2:club: 5:club: (2,500, 2 players, 1 all-in)
BB says "omfg!!!!"

Turn: A:diamond: (2,500, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 7:club: (2,500, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: 2,500
baudib1 shows two pair, Aces and Kings
K:spade: A:club:
BB shows a pair of Aces
Q:spade: A:heart:

baudib1 wins 2,500 (net +1,250)

BB lost 1,250

No Limit Holdem Tournament
2 Players
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Step 1 Heads Up Shootout

Stacks:
baudib1 (SB) (1,140)
BB (1,860)

Blinds: 20/40

Pre-Flop: (60, 2 players) baudib1 is SB A:club: J:spade:
baudib1 raises to 80, BB goes all-in 1,860, baudib1 goes all-in 1,060

Flop: J:diamond: 3:heart: 9:club: (3,000, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: 6:diamond: (3,000, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: 8:spade: (3,000, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: 3,000
BB shows a pair of Eights
8:diamond: A:spade:
baudib1 shows a pair of Jacks
A:club: J:spade:

baudib1 wins 2,280 (net +1,140)

BB collects 720 (net -1,140)

blikbleek said:

Hand#27129A2341000007 - $2 Heads-up NL Hold'em T10101569 -- Table 1 -- 0/10/20 NL Hold'em -- 2011/09/08 - 13:51:16
Seat 3: Loya***3 (1,690 in chips) DEALER
Seat 8: blikbleek (1,310 in chips)
Loya***3: posts small blind 10
blikbleek: posts big blind 20
Dealt to blikbleek [As,Ks]
Loya***3: raises to 60
blikbleek: raises to 100
Loya***3: is all in 1,630
blikbleek: is all in 1,210
Loya***3: returns uncalled bet 380
Loya***3: shows [8s 8d]
blikbleek: shows [As Ks]
*** FLOP *** [Qd,7h,Th]
*** TURN *** [Tc]
*** RIVER *** 6♣
***SHOW DOWN***
Loya***3 wins 2,620 with Two Pairs Tens and Eights
blikbleek finished 2 out of 2 players.

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nh .

baudib1 said:

[x] OP still doesn't get it

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but how did i play it wrong

with AKs i should never fold heads up. it didnt work out but i made the right moves no? should i have raised bigger?

yeah would probably 3-bet a bit bigger.

Man, this is so on pint cuzz frankly I just won a HU series ending with AK vs 66 & I won, so your mindset statement was razor sharp on point. Wow, there's a lot going on n this thread...

That would be a coin flip. If you have more chips than him, I would almost always call.

With two over cards I enter the hand, yes. I think I have a good chance of taking the hand. so in my opinion and an option I would not miss. I have the chance I will.

I personally have come to like pocket pairs. They hold up nicely at times. I think your answer is in you 55% v 45%.
I'm short stacked you dang right I'm shoving with any pair.
I'm deep stacked and I have a chance to knock out a short stack... guess what, shove!

blikbleek said:

if someone goes all in and you know he has any small or medium pocket pair, is it worth it to call with A-K or A-Q in heads up?

and you have a little over 2-1 chip lead

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If you have roughly equal stacks and you think you are good at reading your opponent, what's the point of calling you all in? In that case, it's an easy fold, because you have many more hands to win) If your stack is half the size of your opponent's stack, then the automatic call is all-in, as your chances of winning are roughly the same. in any case it's a lottery and you can not be sure of victory, so consider all the information about the opponent and make a decision with a cold head)

When the player raises and I have a AK-AQ-AJ card, then I call to see the flop, then when the flop does not have suitable cards for me and the player keeps raising the bet, I drop the cards because the player can have a small pair and another option I play all-in on good cards but sometimes they interrupt me in small pairs