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Hi, I'm Craig Marquis, playing some .$25/$.50 heads-up No-Limit Hold'em on Full Tilt Poker.
7-3 offsuit is a poor hand. I'll fold because I'm out of position.
The main thing about heads-up no-limit is adjusting to your opponent, and getting a feel for how your opponent plays.
Your cards aren't as relevant as they are in a 6- or 9-handed game.
Because it's less likely your opponent has a hand with only two people playing.
Often both people have nothing, so the most aggressive player will win the pot.
Q-7 suited is a pretty solid hand to open from the button.
1) He'll be calling out of position, so he'll be playing any hand at a disadvantage.
And 2) we can make a lot of cool hands, like a Queen-high flush draw.
I'll make a continuation bet of $2, about 2/3 the pot.
I don't really mind a call, but he'll fold most of the time. There aren't many hands he can call with -- maybe a 6, and obviously a Jack.
With Q-10 suited, I'm just going to flat call out of the big blind.
I flopped top pair, so I'm probably going to check-call, depending on how much he bets.
He bet quickly, about half-pot. I'm going to call quickly.
The 10 is a pretty good card for me, though it does make a straight for some of the hands he could have.
I'm going to check-call, I believe. Check-raising is also an option.
He could have a lot of hands that will call a value bet on the river, such as J-9 or A-10.
So I'm going to be a little more than half the pot, and hope he calls.
I really don't want to be raised though, because then I might not good.
And he raised. But I think I'm good enough here to call. It's a pretty small raise.
He rivered a smaller two-pair.
10-3 offsuit is OK to fold from the button.
Often, people who don't play a lot of heads-up won't reload to 100 big blinds, so you have to keep track of how much money they have.
Because their stack size will be adjusting.
Right now he's lost a fifth of his stack.
It doesn't really change my strategy now, but when he gets below half his stack, I'll have to start playing differently.
A-4 offsuit is an OK hand to raise from the button. Pretty much any Ace is good for a raise.
He's three-bet me really small here. I don't know what he has, but I have an Ace, so if he has any pocket pair, I have outs.
6-6-5 flop, two hearts. I don't really know what his three-betting range is.
On a board like this, he should be playing most turns straight-forward -- so he won't be betting the flop and the turn unless he has a big hand.
So I'm going to call here, with the ideal that I'll be able to pick up the pot on a later street.
Hopefully he'll check this turn. If he bets, I'll have to fold.
He's checked. The turn is a bad card for any hand he might have like pocket 8s, 7s, or 9s, as it completes multiple draws I could have.
I'm going to check back here, because that's probably what I would do with a flush draw that got there.
I'm going to bet 2/3 pot on the river. He should fold to my river bet.
Especially with the 10 on the river, when he snap-checks two streets.
I obviously hope he folds because I have Ace-high, and that's not good very often when he calls.
It's actually kind of interesting. People tend to play a little differently when they see they are playing with a pro.
And he just shoved the river. So he probably has 5-6, 6-10, a flush, a straight -- any hand that beats me -- so I'm going to fold.
Now I auto-reloaded to $50.
I like playing 100 big blinds or more, because I feel that lets me maximize my edge.
Here I open 10-6 offsuit. You don't always have to open a hand like this.
But since you're playing heads-up, it's less likely either of you are going to make a hand.
So if you're in position, you can often bet three streets and get them to fold.
So any two cards aren't bad to raise, but you don't want to get too crazy.
Here I'm going to bet. I bet the flop and he check-called.
A-3-5 on the flop, two diamonds. So there are a lot of draws possible. A Jack came on the turn.
That's a bad card for any hand he has like 6-6, 7-7, 8-8. That jack's kind of scary, especially on an Ace-high flop.
So I'm going to bet and hope he once again folds.
He also should be folding any 5 or random 3 that he has.
But who knows. He might get stubborn and refuse to fold.
He decided to check-raise. I'm going to fold, obvuously, because I have no pair and no draw.
And he had a random 5 that he decided to check-raise with.
When he does that, he turns that pair of 5s into a bluff, because it allows me to play perfectly against him.
When he has 7-5 and check-raises the turn, I'm obviously not going to put any money in when I'm behind.
And I'll call a raise when I'm ahead.
It's not the best play on his part. It's probably better for him to fold or just call, and decide what to do on the river.
9-10 offsuit is a nice little connected hand. It's OK to raise from the button.
K-6, from the button, once again, it's probably OK to raise most Kings from the button.
K-10 offsuit, I'm going to call here.
There's not a whole lot I can do. Raising I don't think is a very good idea.
Because the range that he's calling a raise with, or three- or four-betting with is always going to crush K-10.
He'll have a King, a 10, or a larger pair.
He bet the flop. I have a gutshot and back-door flush draw, so I'll let him have it. He seems really aggressive.
He check-raised that A-3-5 board with a 5.
So I'm just going to let him hang himself, and play pretty tight.
Here I opened 9-4 suited from the button. Any two suited cards are OK to open with from the button.
I flopped a pair of 9s, and he folded to my continuation bet.
And once again I'll open with 10-6 offsuit.
Many players who are new to heads-up make the mistake of folding too many hands from the button.
Or from the big blind. It's a much bigger mistake, though, to fold too many hands from the button.
Your opponent is always at a disadvantage there, because there's less information for him to act with.
He made a really small three-bet again, less than pot-size, so I'm going to call with 10-8.
And I flop top pair.
It's unlikely I will fold this hand now at any point.
When he three-bets me and continuation bets the flop, he could have pretty much any hand that he three-bets with.
People tend to play aggressively in re-raised pots.
The King is probably a bad card for me, but a good card for me to get away from the hand.
I feel it's unlikely he'll continue barreling me - bet flop, bet turn, bet river -- unless he has a hand that beats a pair of 10s.
So I'm going to lay this down.
Here I have pocket 3s.
And he folds.
Now 8-5 suited is one of those hands you can mix it up with, and three-bet.
Particularly because I haven't three-bet him at all. So when I three-bet, he should feel like I'm really strong.
Just because I hadn't done it before.
But who knows. He four-bet me. So he's playing really really really aggressive.
We're just going to play against him for value. Obviously, if he's four-betting, I can't beat him with 8-5 suited.
Calling is bad because I'm playing a huge, bloated pot out of position. Shoving is bad because he's going to call, and he will have a better hand.
I'm going to fold 3-5, with him playing so aggressively.
It doesn't often flop a hand I can go with.
Now since he just four-bet me, I find it unlikely that he'd do it again, so I'm going to three-bet him once more with 8-4 suited.
Yeah. He snap-folded.
That looks really really strong when he just four-bet me, and two hands later I three-bet him.
He's definitely expecting me to have a monster there.
I'm going to call here. He's making his three-bets small, and since I have position, and a decent hand, I'm unable to fold for that price.
I flopped top pair. He checked quickly.
I'm going to bet, both for value and to protect my hand - there are a lot of turn cards I don't want to see. Let's bet $4.25.
I prefer to bet smaller in three-bet pots. Because ...
1) There's more money in the middle. So you're going to be betting less of your stack if you have air.
Plus, you can bet when you have nothing.
If you keep your bet-sizing the same, with nothing and with a hand, they won't know what your bet means and you'll get more folds.
When he check-calls the flop, and checks the turn really quick, it makes me think he has pocket 4s, pocket 5s, maybe pocket 8s or 9s.
There really aren't any scare cards on the board. He could also have a better 7 or a 6.
When he bets $6 into $16, I'm pretty much priced in to call. I think this is always a pair though.
Yeah, it was A-10.
Right now I have nothing, and I'm going to make a standard continuation bet and hope he folds.
He'll probably raise, because he's been owning me with the raises all match so far. And he did.
I'm going to fold. This guy's going so crazy with the raises, and I haven't had a hand yet.
I have A-Q suited, a really strong hand heads-up, and I'm going to three bet once again.
I'm not folding this hand pre-flop. Had he re-raised me, I would've gone all-in and hope for the best.
K-6 suited. Definitely a good hand to raise with.
I flopped bottom pair. Since he's been check-raising so much ...
this is the kind of board texture that he'll check-raise a ton, as there are like a million draws.
I'm going to check behind with bottom pair and hope the turn is good.
It's a 10, which is not a bad card.
I expect him to bet here when he has a piece of it, so I'm going to bet the turn for value.
And to prevent any random draw or overcard he has from getting there.
I think the board is too dry for him to not lead the turn when he has a Queen or a 10.
He check-called, and checked the river quickly, which makes me think he has one of those random draws.
I have two pair. There are still a lot of hands that beat me. A straight just got there ...
He could definitely have a 10, but I still think I need to value-bet. $4.
He could also put me on a flush draw and make a hero call.
So value betting is a pretty good idea. And he check-raised!
I'm going to call, because I have two pair and rivered that King. Hopefully he has no 10.
And he has a straight.
He seems to be doing pretty well against me.
Hopefully we can pick up some hands, because he's playing so aggressively.
The best way to take advantage of really aggressive players heads-up is to let them hang themselves.
By playing a lot tighter.
When they bet and bet and bet, don't raise. Just let them bet and call them down.
I hope we can get in such a situation with this guy.
Against him, I might actually bet, because he seems to be going crazy with the check-raises in spots that don't make a lot of sense.
On that last hand, he had a straight, so check-raising the river for value I guess is alright.
It's really the only hand he could do it with.
I'm going to fold 4-9. I'd open that sometimes. If I haven't raised in a while.
Just because folding too many buttons heads-up is a huge mistake.
But he's so aggressive opening there just is not profitable.
K-4. Another fold.
Hopefully he goes nuts here. I have A-K. Nope, he folds pre-flop, so I won't get any money there.
You'll notice when playing heads-up there's a lot more variance than when you're playing 6- or 9-handed.
It's so unlikely for you both have a hand that you'll get in more situations where the pot's big.
Where you're playing a big draw or not even a big draw but you have a good read on your opponent - because you're only playing against him.
You'll be able to make some cool bluffs or check-raise bluffs.
This guy is probably bad to bluff, being that he's so aggressive.
I just flopped the nuts. I'm going to check-raise here.
This is a good flop to check-raise with, being a really draw-heavy board.
So if he flopped two-pair, the bottom end of a straight, a flush draw, or a pair and a draw, he's not going to be folding his hand.
I'm going to make my raise a little more than 3x.
It isn't that big, but he instantly called.
The turn is probably the worst card in the deck for my hand.
It completes the flush, and gives all those hands like 7-8 and 8-9 a full house.
I think I still have to bet here again, though.
Because he could have Ace-8, King-8, or a random 8 that he's never going to fold.
If he jams, I don't think there's any way I can fold.
Yeah, he raises. He's too aggressive. I'm going all-in.
When he doesn't snap-call me, he doesn't have me beat. So I should be good unless he's slow-rolling me.
He could also have a hand like Ace-of-diamonds with a Queen, that he's decided to raise because he had a back-door flush draw.
And it looks like he's going to leave the game with the $17 or $18 he got from me.
I just played a small 25-cent/50-cent heads-up session on Full Tilt.
I end up down about $18. The cards weren't really going our way, but when we did have a hand, I ended up getting paid on it.
So not too bad for us.

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