What differentiates poker from all other games is variance. It’s a game of luck and skill wherein the long-run best players will win, but short-term winning players will lose regularly to less talented players. If you think of any other strategy game, you’ll find out fast which player is a better one. In poker and […]
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I have released my first set of charts which will reveal my pre-flop strategy on 25-17 big blind deep in heads-up hyper-turbos. These charts are a product of tens of thousands of heads-up hyper-turbo tournaments. The first package includes three different charts: Raise First In (RFI) Chart, Big Blind Defense Chart and, Big Blind vs. […]
One of the most beneficial HUD-statistic for a heads-up hyper-turbo player is the continuation bet limped pot stat. It shows how often an opponent takes the initiative and bet (out of the position) on the flop in circumstances where the preflop action is limp-check. I have noticed that most of the low-stakes players have a […]
Today in the Daily Fast, I decided to play a heads-up hyper-turbo tournament at PartyPoker. As before, I will go through every hand I play and explain my actions. Blind level 1: (10/20) Hand 1: I limp K♥2♥ from the button. The villain raises to $70 and I fold my hand. (stack $480) Hand 2: […]
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 […]
