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[Closed] HU (Heads up) Strategy for $1 FR SNG's

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Hello to all the good folks out there at Pokerstrategy.com. After a few weeks of hardcore non-stop SNG's played in utter frustration, things seem to be turning around a little bit for me. The poker gods have finally given me the luck I need for my KK to hold out against 62o and the like.

The general trend of my activities has been up, due to the consistency of my top 3 finishes. However my lack of 1st place finishes is readily apparent. I don't think it's just mere coincidence. I feel like it's a huge hole in my game that I need to fix.

There are no articles on Strategy, either in Silver or in Bronze which directly assess this, which I feel is very unfortunate. The gap in profits b/w 1st and 2nd is immeasurable.

I'm hoping that some of you guys have also (or are going through) these sorts of issues ATM or in the past, and could kindly offer me some tips on how to improve my game.

Much Thanks to all your contributions in advance!


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Here's a pic i use when i'm in HU


why can´t I download the image ?
.. please, i want it as well :)


yes, thank you, although i will probably have to wait till i am higher level and will be able to read the article, without that i don´t understand the numbers...


chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007

Hi all,

Just a bit of finish-position theory from me. If you're playing lower limit SNGs our optimal play is going to be to play very tight early on as our opponents will very readily knock each other out. The consequence of this is that we will approach the bubble very early on in tournaments (in a relative sense) and the 1-3 donkeys that managed to luckbox his way into busting his fellow donkeys will have (on average) considerably more than you, who has folded almost all if not all of your hands up to that point. They will then play suboptimally on the bubble, allowing you to get into the money with a very large frequency. However once you're in the money, because of your huge chip disadvantage, you will really struggle to win the tournament (despite your presumed large edge over the opposition). So our ROI in these low limit SNGs is going to be very large, however our first place and second place finishes will be a lot lower than our third place finishes.