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10 Heads Up tournaments so far:PokerStars Tournament #106318682, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/05 - 01:39:21 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/05 - 02:12:26 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: juner76 (houston),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #106317064, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/05 - 01:23:26 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/05 - 01:36:07 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: HarvMC10 (Hennepin),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #106127967, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/04 - 01:56:53 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/04 - 02:19:15 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: joechow27 (portland),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #106119518, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/04 - 00:35:19 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/04 - 00:44:38 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: macpony (las vegas),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #105948622, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/03 - 02:10:17 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/03 - 02:38:21 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: ashleyy127 (Round Rock),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #105751920, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/02 - 01:43:28 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/02 - 01:56:25 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: dblassis_11 (Alberta),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #105741977, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/02 - 00:10:56 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/02 - 00:22:53 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: PMattS817 (Northbridge),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #105741064, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/02 - 00:03:44 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/02 - 00:06:45 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: mrGoldfinger (QUEBEC),You finished in 1st place.PokerStars Tournament #105738793, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/01 - 23:45:33 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/02 - 00:01:39 (ET) 1: Mark_CRX (Sarnia), $4.00 (100%) 2: mr.p.mac (Birmingham),You finished in 2nd place.PokerStars Tournament #105729580, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $2.00/$0.202 playersTotal Prize Pool: $4.00Tournament started - 2008/09/01 - 22:42:04 (ET)Tournament finished - 2008/09/01 - 23:09:52 (ET) 1: mr.p.mac (Birmingham), $4.00 (100%) 2: bearcat777 (livingston manor),You finished in 1st place.Win rate: 90%Lol, these players are so bad. This has been the most consistent, and fun way to build my BR, by FAR.I felt seriously outplayed in that one that I lost though. I plan to post a replay of that one in the tournament forum. I also got a lucky beat in my 9th, but that was the only one that felt "illegitimate." (AJ > AQ AIPF, whoops)Just felt like bragging a little! :)I do have a question though: my bankroll is at $42.46...when should I move up? I really like the look of those deepstack/no blind increase tournaments. I bet I could improve my play alot in those, but I'm sure my BR needs to be bigger.Also, what's the best way to invest 42 FPP?

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every time i play those micro hu games i'm up against some guy who takes 15 seconds per decision and eventually i just shut the laptop and walk away are you taking your full time bank or are you actually good at poker on the internet

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You should def not move up yet. HU SNGs are very high in variance. While you are on a good streak right now it could turn the other way times 2 on you tomorrow. Cross your fingers that it doesn't. They are a good way to learn HU fast. Learn there then move to some bigger SNGs and you can crush them for the bigger money when you get HU there.

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I played the best $2.20 HU SnG of my life last week. Five minutes into the game the guy says he has to go, starts pushing his chips in and typing what he's holding into the chatbox. Didn't trust him at first so I folded my junk, but then he showed me his cards each time and he wasn't lying. Easiest HU victory ever! Funny thing was it took longer than it should have because he kept getting good cards and I kept having to fold junk.

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What I love about these is how I actually can play creative poker to win. In one of the more memorable hands, I had nothing and a dangerous card that made a straight/flush hit. The guy checks me, and I made a pot sized bet (I normally make smaller bets) and the guy complains into the chatbox that he has two pair, and folds. Glee!!

You should def not move up yet. HU SNGs are very high in variance. While you are on a good streak right now it could turn the other way times 2 on you tomorrow. Cross your fingers that it doesn't. They are a good way to learn HU fast. Learn there then move to some bigger SNGs and you can crush them for the bigger money when you get HU there.
I hear everywhere that HU have more variance, but I don't understand why. 9 man tournaments have less variance than 45-man, so why wouldn't 2-man have even less?Also, about FPPs, it seems that the prize pools do not change regardless of how many people enter. So I'm guessing that playing weekends is the worst, followed by playing at night, and playing during a weekday would be the best. How do you guys spend your FPPs? I don't see people talking about this very much.
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You should def not move up yet. HU SNGs are very high in variance. While you are on a good streak right now it could turn the other way times 2 on you tomorrow. Cross your fingers that it doesn't. They are a good way to learn HU fast. Learn there then move to some bigger SNGs and you can crush them for the bigger money when you get HU there.
QFT. I had a winning streak of 12 at $30 and $50 combined and over the next 30 lost 22 of them.
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I'll side bet that of your next 10 that you play, you win six or less.
You would have won that bet if I had taken you up on it. I just finished my next set of 10, and won only 6 of them.:(Unfortunately, I faced several calling stations and never caught any cards. I kept trying to bluff them and they would call be down with mid pair -- ouch. By the time I realized they were calling stations I was far behind.
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You should def not move up yet. HU SNGs are very high in variance. While you are on a good streak right now it could turn the other way times 2 on you tomorrow. Cross your fingers that it doesn't. They are a good way to learn HU fast. Learn there then move to some bigger SNGs and you can crush them for the bigger money when you get HU there.
i disagree with the bolded comment, although you do need to factor in the rake, if you play 100 $10HU sngs and win 50% of them, you will end up losing $50, so you need to win at least 55% of all HU sngs to break even.If you are good at them, they they are a great way to build your bankroll, because there is no shortage of players who are terrible at HU at the stakes you are playing.Keep up the good work
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