Heads Up: Should I be losing my stack here?

tomllew22

Hey guys, I've been playing on the site for about a year now but I'm fairly new to the forum, so go easy on me!

Playing a £0.02 / £0.04 heads up cash game, I donate my stack with a weaker flush. The villain is a solid player, who doesn't three bet too often but though I would call his three-bet pre-flop to mix up my game a little with a decent ish hand. I pretty much raise 90% of my hands on the button.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
tomllew22	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.29
PopeyBoy	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.29
	Your hole cards	J 9
tomllew22	Raise		£0.06	£0.12	£3.23
PopeyBoy	Raise		£0.12	£0.24	£4.17
tomllew22	Call		£0.08	£0.32	£3.15
Flop
		5 10 Q
PopeyBoy	Check
tomllew22	Check
Turn
		2
PopeyBoy	Bet		£0.16	£0.48	£4.01
tomllew22	Call		£0.16	£0.64	£2.99
River
		10
PopeyBoy	Bet		£0.32	£0.96	£3.69
tomllew22	Raise		£1.00	£1.96	£1.99
PopeyBoy	All-in		£3.69	£5.65	£0.00
tomllew22	All-in		£1.99	£7.64	£0.00
PopeyBoy	Unmatched bet		£1.02	£6.62	£1.02
tomllew22	Show	J 9
PopeyBoy	Show	K 5
PopeyBoy	Win	Flush to the King	£6.12		£7.14

My question is: should I have avoided this? I feel heads up my flush is good a lot of the time. Or is that fishy thinking?

I'm really looking to work on my heads-up game. It's the variant of poker I enjoy the most but I'm nowhere near as competent as a 6 max-game, so any general tips also would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if that thread exists somewhere, please point me to it !

The_Don90

I personally bet the flop here, probably ends the hand there and then and if we're called we have outs. 

Meh sick runners.

GELDY

given he has hit the flop I don't think you will get away from it

have to get it all in on the river

tomllew22

Cheers for the feedback guys. In hinsight betting the flop would have been a better play long term, I was just trying to mix it up a bit because I c-bet very often on the flop hit or miss, so sometimes check the flop in position with air or a strong hand / draw for deception.

Glad to hear it wasn't a complete mistake then!

LARSON7

Agree with the above, heads up we need to shove the river here.

When you play heads up cash at 2p-4p does the rake not just eat away at your money?

I would love to play cash heads up, but the last time I done it before I knew it both me and my opponents starting stack were down by about 40p and there was no serious swings either way!

benc

I don't actually mind the check back on the flop having been 3bet pre as alot of the time we will face a check raise on the flop and be put to a tough decision with just the straight draw whereas checking back our draw is disguised and we can pick up more equity on the turn as we do with the flushdraw, then from the turn the hand plays itself. Definetly getting it in on the river, ul.