Any 2 Cards? Hu Play

[Gallo 1]

Ok, this is more or less a hypothetical situation (not really).Say you have 60,000 chips and your opponent has 5,000.Blinds at 1000/2000You are SB with 7/2 off or any possible very bad starting hand.•Should you just push and put your opponent all in?•Limp and call if BB pushes?•Fold and wait for better hand?If you select to push here at what point should you be more selective and wait for better hands?

[XXEddie 0]

Ok, this is more or less a hypothetical situation (not really).Say you have 60,000 chips and your opponent has 5,000.Blinds at 1000/2000You are SB with 7/2 off or any possible very bad starting hand.•Should you just push and put your opponent all in?•Limp and call if BB pushes?•Fold and wait for better hand?If you select to push here at what point should you be more selective and wait for better hands?

limping is not an option at all. You have to assume your opponent is calling a push with any 2 so his 5k is in the pot along with your 1k, its another 4k to win 6k, excatly 3:2. Even if villian has AK youre getting the odds.

[copernicus 0]

Push with any two. He should call with any hand except 32o.

[Royal_Tour 0]

7,2 is not as bad as you think in HU, its way better than 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 3,4 3,5 etcbut...I actually fold.I'd rather see him take the 3k back rather than the 10k pot.but i'm all in on the next hand

limping is not an option at all. You have to assume your opponent is calling a push with any 2 so his 5k is in the pot along with your 1k, its another 4k to win 6k, excatly 3:2. Even if villian has AK youre getting the odds.

you dont have to worry about the odds, you're dealing with a win situation. You win this pot and your match is over. Your only odds are how many hands can 7,2 beat and is it worth the risk at doubling him up, or only .5

[uahphysics 0]

I think folding is the best play.Using the SAGE heads-up system for optimal push-fold situations(which you can find in an aritcle on cardplayer):after the blinds are taken his stack is 3,000 which is an R(ratio of small stack to big blind) of 2(its actually 1.5, but we'll round up).With an R of 2, you should be pushing out of the small blind with the top 79% of hands, or if you've read the aritcle, a power index of 21. 7-2 offsuit is not one of these hands.The next hand, you'll be the big blind and they'll be the small blind. After blinds are taken, his stack will be 5,000 and that gives an R of 3(again, its 2.5 but we're rounding up). When he pushes from the SB, the BB should be calling with the top 70% of hands. The worst hand in this situation in which calling would probably be correct is 7-5 suited. Anyways, for those who would like the read the article, you can find it here:SAGE Heads-Up

[copernicus 0]

I think folding is the best play.Using the SAGE heads-up system for optimal push-fold situations(which you can find in an aritcle on cardplayer):after the blinds are taken his stack is 3,000 which is an R(ratio of small stack to big blind) of 2(its actually 1.5, but we'll round up).With an R of 2, you should be pushing out of the small blind with the top 79% of hands, or if you've read the aritcle, a power index of 21. 7-2 offsuit is not one of these hands.The next hand, you'll be the big blind and they'll be the small blind. After blinds are taken, his stack will be 5,000 and that gives an R of 3(again, its 2.5 but we're rounding up). When he pushes from the SB, the BB should be calling with the top 70% of hands. The worst hand in this situation in which calling would probably be correct is 7-5 suited. Anyways, for those who would like the read the article, you can find it here:SAGE Heads-Up

welll...if you want to get really precise (SAGE is just an approximation) the unexploitable Nash Equilibrium strategy at this stack to blind ratio is for the small blind to fold 5 hands... 72o down to 32o (all suited hands are pushed), and the BB calls everything.Since most big blind/small stacks in this situation are actually not going to be as aggressive as the nash equilibrium strategy, and fold many of those marginal hands that actually lead to the nash strategy folding those 5 hands, an approximation of push everything from the SB is a better approximation than SAGE.

[uahphysics 0]

welll...if you want to get really precise (SAGE is just an approximation) the unexploitable Nash Equilibrium strategy at this stack to blind ratio is for the small blind to fold 5 hands... 72o down to 32o (all suited hands are pushed), and the BB calls everything.Since most big blind/small stacks in this situation are actually not going to be as aggressive as the nash equilibrium strategy, and fold many of those marginal hands that actually lead to the nash strategy folding those 5 hands, an approximation of push everything from the SB is a better approximation than SAGE.

well...nevermind thenthanks for your post, I see what you're saying and it's helpful