As most of us know Party Poker decided to ban the use of Heads Up Display on their tables on Monday the 17th of June. The updated client doesn’t allow downloadable hand histories and as a result, HUDs won’t work anymore. I went to play heads-up tournaments in PartyPoker to see if anything had changed. […]
Rob Yong released a tweet yesterday telling in behalf of PartyPoker, that they will begin to show players real names in heads-up cash-games instead of player aliases. The change was put on use yesterday, the 12th of August. Is this a good improvement to heads-up cash tables? What about poker in general? When I started […]
$3,5 heads-up tournament – every action explained. Blind level 1 – 10/20 Hand 1: I min-bet J♥4♥ from the button and the big blind calls. In my experience, it is profitable to open up to 80% of the hands from the button in low-stakes heads-up hyper-turbo tournament. It is important to understand that if we […]
Should We Ever Check Ace from the big blind before the flop? You’re playing heads-up hyper-turbo sit and go tournament against an unknown villain and you decide to limp from the button with 79o. The villain checks from the small blind. The flop comes A75 rainbow and the villain donk leads (bets out of the […]
I have put a lot of effort over the years to spot online poker timing tells on heads-up hyper-turbo tables. The first timing tell I was able to pick up was the immediate action on the flop when a villain is the first one to act. I call this manner a lighting check. This tell […]
One heads-up hyper-turbo tournament – every action explained. Hand 1: The tournament begins and I got dealt 9♦2♥. I bet $40 on the button because the hand is in my raise first in -range. The villain calls my bet and the flop lands Q♣J♣2♦. The villain checks from the big blind. This is a typical […]
I decided to take one of the most disliked hands of all time, the seven-deuce offsuit, to begin a new series called the hand of the week. Is 72 offsuit the worst starting hand in heads-up poker? What about in heads-up hyper-turbos? I have always found the 72 offsuit easy and enjoyable to play in […]
One heads-up hyper-turbo tournament – every action explained. Nothing more and nothing less. Hand 1: I min-bet 5♠3♠ from the button and the villain calls. The flop is A♦5♣4♥ and I continuation bet $30 in the pot of $80 and the villain calls. The turn is 8♥ which completes one straight draw and opens a […]
I wanted to write a post about gambling and poker. Poker is yet often seen as gambling in the general public. However, poker is a game of skill and luck where the best poker strategy wins in the long run. In practice, it means that you regularly lose to less skilled players, but after a […]
