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HU war of attrition

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  1. Imperial Imperial is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2005 (4/30/2005 8:03pm)

    One of the major holes in my hu game is the conservative shift in my behavior when my opponent becomes especially shortstacked. In one recent match, I crippled my opponent fairly early on, but I could not close the deal for 135 more hands (155 hand game)! There was a lot of folding back and forth and we rarely saw a flop, but when we did he would usually win it by betting on the flop (I would fold if I didn't hit anything). I know of no better way to cope with a shortstacked player than waiting him out, and I payed for that ignorance in this particular match. Is there any other strategy that would be effective in this situation? I think one of my other mistakes in this match was that I was beholden to my cards and was not aggressive with a shortstacked player who had the patience to wait for an excellent hand or situation before pushing all-in. One of my problems with being aggressive in this situation is that one act of aggression could be the mistake that doubles up your opponent.
  2. yogiblair yogiblair is offline

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    Apr 30th, 2005 (4/30/2005 11:50pm) in reply to Imperial

    First question I have is when you say crippled, what exactly do you mean? This means man different things to many diffeerent people, so what was you chip avantage?

    If you were more than 6:1 then I don' think you can worry too much about doubling him up, because even if you do, you still have 2.5:1.

    I usually do very well HU (NOT JSUP QUALITY, but I do win aften HU) and I get very aggressive when I have someone outchipped like that. Gotta step on their throat and finish them off :)

    Just one mans oppinion!

    Yogi
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    May 1st, 2005 (5/1/2005 7:55am) in reply to yogiblair

    Yes I was more than 6:1 after leaving him with only 200 chips after he FOLDED on the river in a pot that I had been semi-bluffing at with only second pair (I was positive he didn't have the ace on the board but only a pocket pair at best instead, I could not understand why he folded there and left himself with almost no chance to come back, or so I thought). I usually polish these guys off only a few hands later, but I was card dead and after a few hands of back and forth folding I called his all-in with AQ suited......he had QQ....he doubled up. He managed to claw his way up to 1100 when I repeatedly held second best hand or had no chance of playing back at him. I got aggressive and would keep tearing him down and he would in turn keep hanging on. I was getting anxious when finally a hand came up where he raised the minimum on my bb (he had about 700 after being taken down to 400 and then building back up again). I called with, of all things, J2 and hit an open-ended straight draw on the flop. I called his minimum bets to the river because I had a feeling I could end him if I hit. I hit a 9 on the river for the straight. I bet, he reraised, I went all-in he called...and that was finally all she wrote. He had hit two pair on the turn, so there was no way he was getting away from that hand. I just hope this sort of relentless survival will stay an anomaly, because it was extremely annoying.
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    May 1st, 2005 (5/1/2005 10:33am) in reply to Imperial

    I hear ya....those damn pesky fighters!!!

    Why don't they just give up?? lol

    JK man, I have been there and I know how you feel, but it sounds like you played it well and will continue to do so.

    Keep it up.

    Yogi
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    May 1st, 2005 (5/1/2005 10:46am) in reply to yogiblair

    Hehe. Thanks yogi.
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