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Why do you think that is ? Are you new to the site ? Do they know who you are ?
Is it because they don't know you or have any history with you that they refuse to play you ?
just curious, I don't really play HU but find this subject intresting -
A bit like starting 6max tables
Maybe thats the key to winning at HU, keep a list of people you beat and only play them )
mmm let me just see if your on my list !
So do you earn a living from poker? Why not learn a new variation. Or go to another site where you're not known. Have you called out people who are choosing not to play you?
Surely its their choice. Would you expect me to play you after 10 months of learning? I'm playing single tables at lowish levels and don't play cash because i'm not confident yet. Yes i've played for fun but i don't like chucking my cash away. Surely there are games for you somewhere or do you want to play only ones where you have the edge? Maybe thats why you're being avoided or are you in the chatbox a lot? Only asking as i'm a bit flummoxed. Sorry if this seems a bit naive but i play to enjoy the game. as long as i'm not losing a fortune and enjoying the learning process....that'l do for me.
cheers
PS what's spawning, b the way?
I think the problem is, if there's 10 HU tables, and 1 person is sat at all 10 tables, but not willing to play anyone except fish, then they're taking up all the tables for people who do wanna play.
Also the money to be made (and lost if you aint good) is much higher at HU cash.
When you're 100,200,300BB deep, you are not looking to be taking flips etc. In a turbo/hyper SnG I'm getting AK in pre all day long... HU cash with 300BB it would be pretty disgusting to get it all in pre with AK. It's much more about knowing your opponent, reading board textures, outplaying your opponent throughout the streets etc.
I am happy to play HU SnGs all day long and am confident of beating them, but I would not fancy playing too much HU cash because it's just so different and so much harder, and I just don't think I'm good enough. Whereas Im' plenty good enough to beat HU SnGs.
yeah hes a sound player standard stuff heads up getting it in
Posted by IDONKCALLU
Of course, I wasnt expecting him to not get it in (especially vs me), I was just expecting him to lose
I'm sorry if you're upset and its certainly not anything i'm involved with as i haven't got round to HU yet and i'm certainly not a reg but i was offering an opinion. That's all, pure and simple.
Anyway, I took the second seat versus a semi reg earlier, they snap sit out. Fine, it's their choice, I honestly respect that and don't get hot under the collar about it. An unknown sits with 30BB and the semi reg sits in, then felts the 30BBer. Still fine. Now's where I get annoyed, the very next hand the semi reg raises from the button pre, takes my BB and then snap sits out waiting to see if Mr 30 Bigs will reload. That annoys me greatly, if you have the intention of snap sitting out and haven't clicked the button fast enough then ship the SB across folding 100%, call it your fine for not clicking fast enough. Do not grim my blind and then hide away again.
Then he/she attempted to reduce, which was laughable. Sadly they never did come back.
Their would not be as much point in recreational players putting as much effort into game selection. as they may be willing to lose some money at poker because of its entertainment value. Therefore don't worry about game selection, from more serious players resulting in the death of cash game poker.As almost all professional players will use, and have to use some form of game selection to be profitable online, and online cash games are still alive.
I have taught about possible benefits to investing money playing tough opponents heads up. However I would prefer to invest a small amount of money in joining a training site. Where you will see in graphic detail how and why, very tough players play certain hands in certain ways, against all sorts of players, weak and very tough. Giving you step by step explanations, while they go through hands that they have played.. You wont receive this kind of rational for decisions made, while playing a tough opponent heads up.
Also very tough opponents, tend to play high stakes heads up.Serious damage could be done to peoples bankrolls, in a hugely swingy game, when their is little edge.If you want to learn from very tough players, why not get their advise, for free, if you know one, or very cheap on a training site, if not. Where players like Phil Galfond can be found, openly taking you through sessions they have played. Players don't get much better or tougher then him.
Alternatively you could ask a very tough heads up player to play you at very low stakes for educational purposes. I m sure, some would oblige you.
Don't worry about me picking any spelling or grammar mistakes apart. As I don't like to criticise somebody's post, unless it will help them, or my criticism is justified.
As I said, you could ask the very tough player, to play you at very low stakes.You are going to find it very hard, if not impossible to beat a winning 50 NL heads up player. by over 80 buy ins, over 100,000 hands. Which will be required to merely break even. If you did manage to make a profit, it would be a very small one. The gap between winning players at different stakes, is not a big as many people think.
If they refuse to play you, it may be because you are the wrong kind of Nutter