Heads Up - My new thing?

Talking Poker · #1 10-18-05, 05:16 PM

It's funny... I've always considered myself a pretty decent Heads Up player, but I have a TERRIBLE record against the people I've played here. I fired up Poker Stars a little while ago and decided to play in the $100 PL tourney. As you guys know, I'm always multitasking/multitabling... Well, today, I thought I'd try something new.

I decided to play a HU SNG while I was playing the tourney. I've never played one before and didn't know how tough the competition would be, so I didn't know what buy in to start it. I chose $50 to get my feet wet.

I took it down, and faily easily. So I decided to play another. I took that one down to, and even faster than the first. So I played another, and took it down too (this one was much tougher - lasted nearly 30 minutes).

We're approaching the first break in my PL tourney, and I'm 3/3 in these HU matches. I realize my sample size is nothing, but maybe this will be my new thing: While I'm playing in big MTTs, I'll play HU SNGs too.

Or maybe I'm just bored and felt like posting.

Do any of you play a lot of HU SNGs? How successful are you?

junYUN · #2 10-18-05, 05:23 PM

i used to play them a lot... but it was when i was a much weaker player. it's not really my "thing" but maybe i should start playing them to improve my HU play...

btw i love how $50 SNGs are "getting your feet wet" lol

Talking Poker · #3 10-18-05, 05:31 PM

I think I will play a few more (maybe 10 total), and see how I'm doing. If things are still going well, I'll move up to the $100 ones.

Back to work!

badblood44 · #4 10-18-05, 05:48 PM

HU SNG's are great.

I can't multi-task though, I give them my full concentration. I just started them a couple of weeks ago and my record so far is 19-7. I did win 8 of my first 9, giving me a big ego however. My results have since come back to earth.

I figure if you can average 2-1, you're killing them.

jillaj · #5 10-18-05, 05:58 PM

I have always done well on these on stars as well, though at the 10 and 20 dollar level. Even though i have won 75% or more of them, for some reason they don't quite do it for me. If i play 2 or 3 in a row and win them i normally put it into a 30 sng or switch to cash games. I might try to play them for a couple hours one night and see what happens. I did watch my roomate win 15 consecutive 10 dollar ones one night. He then started to play the 20 dollar ones and lost it all back.

JDMcNugent7 · #6 10-18-05, 06:00 PM

I used to play these ALL THE TIME - I used to keep track of records and in the $20+2 i had a 22-10 record and I don't consider myself all that good at heads up. They are fairly easy to make money at but they get pretty boring after awhile but if you can multi-task um that's great.

Talking Poker · #7 10-18-05, 06:39 PM

BadBlood - what level are you playing?

I'm now 5-1 lifetime in the $50 ones. I'm really enjoying these, but it's probably because I'm off to a good start.

Some of these guys have been fairly tough (2 were quite tough), but a couple have been complete tools too.

I think I also like that they are quick. I could probably pound out 100 of these in not too much time. I've only been playing one at a time so far, but I think I could handle 2 easily enough.

PShabi · #8 10-18-05, 07:28 PM

I'll play you on Bugsy's play money. Loser transfers $25 on Stars to the winner?

Talking Poker · #9 10-18-05, 08:20 PM

Name the time.

PShabi · #10 10-18-05, 08:26 PM

LouSwa58.

I'm logging in.

PShabi · #11 10-18-05, 08:27 PM

chip inn island

PShabi · #12 10-18-05, 08:29 PM

Just AIM PShabi.

Someone got the seat.

PShabi · #13 10-18-05, 08:32 PM

And I just 1 handed that bitch, lol!

Hand Number: 235,214,341
Table Number: 3,049,169
Event Name: Sit & Go Table Chip Inn Island (#2136667)SNHF
Event Started: Tuesday October 18th 7:29:04 PM CDT 2005
Event Type: PokerPages Heads-Up Satellite
Game: No Limit Hold 'em
Level II: 25/50 Blinds (25 Minimum Chip)
Starting Chips: 10,000
Seat 1 : LouSwa58 starts with 10,000
Seat 2 : emjets77 starts with 10,000
Seat 1 : LouSwa58 has the dealer button
>>>DEALING HOLE CARDS<<<
LouSwa58 dealt down Ks Ad
LouSwa58 posts the small blind 25
emjets77 posts the big blind 50
LouSwa58 raises 150 to 200
emjets77 calls 150
>>>DEALING FLOP<<< [ 5h 2s 7d ]
emjets77 checks
LouSwa58 bets 9,800 and is all-in
emjets77 calls 9,800 and is all-in
LouSwa58 cards were Ad Ks
emjets77 cards were Ts As
>>>DEALING TURN<<< [ 6c ]
>>>DEALING RIVER<<< [ 7h ]
LouSwa58 wins 20,000 with a pair of sevens
>>>SUMMARY<<<
Hand Ended: Tuesday October 18th 7:30:34 PM CDT 2005
Total Pot: 20,000
Board: [ 5h 2s 7d 6c 7h ]
Seat 1 : LouSwa58 (small blind) bet 10,000, won 20,000, net +10,000, showed hand [ Ad Ks ]
Seat 2 : emjets77 (big blind) lost 10,000, showed hand [ Ts As ]

omahilo · #14 10-18-05, 09:49 PM

TP...

You should try the $20+2 NLHE HU tourney sometime... 1st place is $1380.

Talking Poker · #15 10-18-05, 10:09 PM

How many rounds do you need to get through? How long does it take? Stars, I assume?

badblood44 · #16 10-18-05, 10:22 PM

It's funny, at $20 and below, I'm 6-5.

At $30 and above 13-4, with most at the $30 level. I mis-stated my overall record, it's 19-9.

I'm luckily 1-0 at both $50 and $100.

omahilo · #17 10-18-05, 10:27 PM

8 rds to win it and on stars... not sure how long, McNugent could give you a better idea on that.

JDMcNugent7 · #18 10-18-05, 10:27 PM

TP i've played in these and cashed the last 2 weeks, theres one 128 max and one 256 max. I think u have to win 4 in a row to make the money - and it goes up pretty quick from there.

Zybomb · #19 10-18-05, 11:06 PM

Id be interested in playin in the next one of these if Im available. Maybe we can get a bunch of us in it (and hopefully not get paired with each other)

MAYHEM45 · #20 10-18-05, 11:29 PM

Great Idea Zy. Im in for sure.

omahilo · #21 10-18-05, 11:30 PM

I would prolly play... let me know when.

Talking Poker · #22 10-19-05, 04:02 AM

I just logged my 10th HU SNG (all $50) for the day. I went 8-2 and had a 52% ROI.

It's "only" $275 net, but I guess that's pretty good, since I only risked $525.

Maybe I'll play 10 $100 ones tomorrow. We'll see.

PShabi · #23 10-19-05, 09:14 AM

I played one last week with 256.

I got some decent cards like the first 10 hands or so and was pushing homey around a lot early. So he gets top pair on a 9 high board with Ace kicker and I'm betting JJ. He decides enough is enough and pushes and I put him on that exact hand and take him out.

It was literally minutes.

But what sucked from there was I had to wait over 30 minutes for my next match to start.

Then, pretty much the exact same thing I described above happened except I was on the other end.

But yeah, I'm down to play these more often. Personally, I think I'm a motherfucker (in a good way) headsup.

Talking Poker · #24 10-19-05, 01:07 PM

I guess we're gonna need to have a go at one then, aren't we? Don't worry - I can't beat people from this forum for some reason.

Actually, maybe Bugsy is my problem...........

omahilo · #25 10-19-05, 01:16 PM

Yeah Bugsys poker is rigged