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Heads up in a tourney (help)
Not sure how to word this question really....
I have been head up in a few tourneys, but I always seem to miss out!!!
I usually play the £2.20/£5.50 deep stacks... do ok... BUT when it comes to heads up I seem to struggle....
Can someone please give me some tips/how you play HU etc....
I dont have no strategy or anything, I just play the hands as I see it at the time....
Any help would be appreciated,
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At low stakes it can be suicide to try and bluff players, against recreationals i rarely check raise draws, and often check back draws on the turn in position. Don't pay people off light, do value bet hard when you have a hand.
For sure widen your ranges, you can play very wide in position: I don't fold any hands in the SB till around 6bb eff. I'd recommend folding junk like 72o until you gain experience playing flops. Aim to play 90% of your SB hands unless villain is very aggressive preflop.
Oop you can play wide v min raise - 80% or so.
Preflop you can raise most of your hands, but definately have a limping range - generally if you arent raising a hand you should limp it.. Widen that limping range as you gain experience playing flops, and also as you get shallow. your aim when limping is to stab most flops unless they have 3 low cards.
Look up Nash shove / call ranges. Knowing the theory behind them will be massively beneficial.
You can shove low pairs under 18bb. You can start shoving low Ax and some suited connectors under 12bb. You can shove low Kx and add some more suited hands under 10bb.
Don't follow nash charts above 6bb - nash stinks as a strategy. You can follow them under 6bb
Play a lot of husngs. It will help you massively.