heads-up sng's

[Ti54 0]

I make a decent portion of my income from heads-up matches and I am wondering if there is anyone here who does the same and if so, what percentage of matches do you win and at what limit? I am wondering if it would be possible to play a little slower and tighter and increase the winning percentage while decreasing the number of matches played, but I'm not sure if that would be more profitable. Thanks.

[tosr 0]

I play exclusively hu and average $600 a month at it (I work full time so dont have too much time for poker).My style is to raise the first half dozen pots and jam the flop, then tighten way up. The ramming is generally enough to loosen up my opp so they give me their chips.Btw I find that $15 had the right mixture of maniacs and people who just want to gamble to make it the most profitable for me. Btw x 2 I play at Bugsys whuch has a great hu structure (10k in starting chips).Name: Doug-lessdrop in and say hello.....

[Royal_Tour 0]

I make a decent portion of my income from heads-up matches and I am wondering if there is anyone here who does the same and if so, what percentage of matches do you win and at what limit? I am wondering if it would be possible to play a little slower and tighter and increase the winning percentage while decreasing the number of matches played, but I'm not sure if that would be more profitable. Thanks.

u talkin about NL or limit HU.

[Guest Anonymous]

I make a decent portion of my income from heads-up matches and I am wondering if there is anyone here who does the same and if so, what percentage of matches do you win and at what limit? I am wondering if it would be possible to play a little slower and tighter and increase the winning percentage while decreasing the number of matches played, but I'm not sure if that would be more profitable. Thanks.

u talkin about NL or limit HU.

I've never seen a site that has limit heads-up SnGs.

[Royal_Tour 0]

I make a decent portion of my income from heads-up matches and I am wondering if there is anyone here who does the same and if so, what percentage of matches do you win and at what limit? I am wondering if it would be possible to play a little slower and tighter and increase the winning percentage while decreasing the number of matches played, but I'm not sure if that would be more profitable. Thanks.

u talkin about NL or limit HU.

I've never seen a site that has limit heads-up SnGs.

neither have I. but he claims to be winning a lot. and my only assumption to his constantly winning NL HU SnG's is his luck right now. he's probably only logged about 20 - 30 games, and has won the majority., Does not mean this will last.Nl HU SnG's are a joke

[dank773 0]

Nl HU SnG's are a joke

I agree. I've been messing around with them a little bit lately. I've been successful, but I think it's purely luck. People going all in to steal the $15 in blinds is a bit over the top. What does everyone think of Duece McAllister as my number one fantasy football pick last night? #5 overall, after LT, Alexander, Holmes, and Edge.

[buddrinker 0]

pacific poker's $50 heads up limit hold em sng's are the way to go. most of the players on there are terrible. you can spot the good players fairly quick and if you avoid playing them you can make a killing.

[vgsgeek 0]

pacific poker's $50 heads up limit hold em sng's are the way to go. most of the players on there are terrible. you can spot the good players fairly quick and if you avoid playing them you can make a killing.

How do you spot them? Are their names highlighted in a different color?oh yeah, (sw)

[buddrinker 0]

pacific poker's $50 heads up limit hold em sng's are the way to go. most of the players on there are terrible. you can spot the good players fairly quick and if you avoid playing them you can make a killing.

How do you spot them? Are their names highlighted in a different color?oh yeah, (sw)

actually they have a neaon light by their name that says "dont play me".it is really hard to miss.

[HoosierAlum 0]

Nl HU SnG's are a joke

I agree. I've been messing around with them a little bit lately. I've been successful, but I think it's purely luck. People going all in to steal the $15 in blinds is a bit over the top. What does everyone think of Duece McAllister as my number one fantasy football pick last night? #5 overall, after LT, Alexander, Holmes, and Edge.

No offense, but I hate that pick. First of all, you should have snagged Manning, he was a steal at #5. I would have recommended snagging Manning at #5 and then taking Cory Dillon on the flipside for your next pick. I think Dillon will put up similar if not better #s than Duece.

[CJHunt 0]

What does everyone think of Duece McAllister as my number one fantasy football pick last night? #5 overall, after LT, Alexander, Holmes, and Edge.

Peyton? I know RB is the #1 point getter usually but if Peyton has another 45+ TD year....Good pick none the less.

[buchkoba 0]

I make a decent portion of my income from heads-up matches and I am wondering if there is anyone here who does the same and if so, what percentage of matches do you win and at what limit? I am wondering if it would be possible to play a little slower and tighter and increase the winning percentage while decreasing the number of matches played, but I'm not sure if that would be more profitable. Thanks.

u talkin about NL or limit HU.

I've never seen a site that has limit heads-up SnGs.

neither have I. but he claims to be winning a lot. and my only assumption to his constantly winning NL HU SnG's is his luck right now. he's probably only logged about 20 - 30 games, and has won the majority., Does not mean this will last.Nl HU SnG's are a joke

A joke because they are so damn soft?

[feedmykids 0]

lol@the guy who said heads up NL SnGs are a joke. Are you kidding? Mathematically, you are just wrong. Anyways I've played them exclusively in the last 2 months, ive played 842 matches between 50 and 200 and have won slightly under 73 %. These things are very profitable, and very beatable. I would definitely agree that limit heads up is more skill, and they have them on stars but theres not much of a market for them.

[MasterLJ 0]

I make a decent portion of my income from heads-up matches and I am wondering if there is anyone here who does the same and if so, what percentage of matches do you win and at what limit? I am wondering if it would be possible to play a little slower and tighter and increase the winning percentage while decreasing the number of matches played, but I'm not sure if that would be more profitable. Thanks.

At FTP:79% of 5's72% of 10's71% of 20's70% of 30'sThen there's a big drop at 50's and 100's for me, but all of them are over 50%.

[Royal_Tour 0]

lol@the guy who said heads up NL SnGs are a joke. Are you kidding? Mathematically, you are just wrong. Anyways I've played them exclusively in the last 2 months, ive played 842 matches between 50 and 200 and have won slightly under 73 %. These things are very profitable, and very beatable. I would definitely agree that limit heads up is more skill, and they have them on stars but theres not much of a market for them.

LOL @ You , You stupid fuck!. I will gladly play you NL heads up. They are a joke because No matter how good you are. You can get your opponent down to 1/5 of your stack and yet they can pull BS out of their ass. And usually by that time, the blinds have risen, and now you're playing with 2000 chips total, and a BB of 150. Thats a Jopke if i've ever heard of one. And you sir. Are an idiot.oh ya..mathematically?? baaaahahahhahaha

[dank773 0]

Manning was my main other consideration, I thought that I could get Culpepper on the way back, but that didn't happen, so I ended up with Duece and Curtis Martin at RB, and Trent Green at QB. 12 team league, so I'm happy with the results.

[CJHunt 0]

Curtis Martin was a mistake IMO Age will catch up this year. and Trent Green? Oy :-)

[Don Giovanni 0]

I make a decent portion of my income from heads-up matches and I am wondering if there is anyone here who does the same and if so, what percentage of matches do you win and at what limit? I am wondering if it would be possible to play a little slower and tighter and increase the winning percentage while decreasing the number of matches played, but I'm not sure if that would be more profitable. Thanks.

u talkin about NL or limit HU.

I've never seen a site that has limit heads-up SnGs.

neither have I. but he claims to be winning a lot. and my only assumption to his constantly winning NL HU SnG's is his luck right now. he's probably only logged about 20 - 30 games, and has won the majority., Does not mean this will last.Nl HU SnG's are a joke

they have them on stars. and i dont know what level this guy is playing at but you can easily win 60%-70% of the $10 heads up limit or no limit sit and goes.

[Royal_Tour 0]

Ok. Gents. You all seem to be missing the big picture here.We are poker players who enjoy making money at this.All your percentages are crap.let me break it down.lets get player X. he plays 10 + 1 HU SnG'she wins 65% of the time.he plays 100 hu SnG's. costing him 1000.00 + 100.00 = 1100.00he wins 65% of them 1300.00 profit of 300 - 100.00 rake fee = profit of 200.00.Lets say player X is able to play 8 a day. which is reasonable. considering some can take 5 mins. some may take an hour .so that works out to 12.5 days. round up to 13 days because he had to go shopping.so 13 days at a profit of 200.00 = 15.00 dollars a day!. for 8 $10.00 SnG'seach daynow if you play 80.00 worth of SnG's you could have been multi tabling 3 .25/.50 limit tables, and only need a 30BB/day for all the tables combined to get the same results.also to add. if your BR is large enough to play 80.00 a day, you can easily bump this up to play 1/2 limit, or even .25/.50 NL,which will give you a much higher profit then HU SNG'sand that is why i say its a Jopke

[Huge Pair 0]

Ok. Gents. You all seem to be missing the big picture here.We are poker players who enjoy making money at this.All your percentages are crap.let me break it down.lets get player X. he plays 10 + 1 HU SnG'she wins 65% of the time.he plays 100 hu SnG's. costing him 1000.00 + 100.00 = 1100.00he wins 65% of them 1300.00 profit of 300 - 100.00 rake fee = profit of 200.00.Lets say player X is able to play 8 a day. which is reasonable. considering some can take 5 mins. some may take an hour .so that works out to 12.5 days. round up to 13 days because he had to go shopping.so 13 days at a profit of 200.00 = 15.00 dollars a day!. for 8 $10.00 SnG'seach daynow if you play 80.00 worth of SnG's you could have been multi tabling 3 .25/.50 limit tables, and only need a 30BB/day for all the tables combined to get the same results.also to add. if your BR is large enough to play 80.00 a day, you can easily bump this up to play 1/2 limit, or even .25/.50 NL,which will give you a much higher profit then HU SNG'sand that is why i say its a Jopke

You are an idiot, I have built an online roll of 5k in less than a month playing exclusively NL heads up matches. I started at $50, then went to $100, now I am playing $200 at Full Tilt. Believe me there is a lot of money in it.

[Royal_Tour 0]

Tell you what Douchebag!When you don't post threads like this:Hello is anyone interested in $100 at Full Tilt for $100 at Poker Stars, I would need you to transfer me the money and I'd transfer you the money at full tilt. I will send it first. ThanksThan i might believe what you're saying. or follow it up withthis:"where else do they allow 18 year olds to play"So in conclusion, I do not believe you. And i think you're a complete waste of space.

[mjy888 0]

i agree and disagree, but enjoy this discussion.i think that NL heads up varies as you go from low stakes to higher stakes but definitely at the highers stakes, let's face it, you're not going to necessarily or at least, commonly, be playing fishes. probably at $20 and up you're playing some halfway decent players. and the chances in THEORY aren't much more than 50-50 because two relatively decent players in heads up -- it's going to come down to a couple of all-ins.like the other guy said, you can be a great great player, and wear the opponent down to 30% of his stack - but instantly he can be be back to 60% or more with an all in that you had to call at 60% vs 40% in your favor. and then he's right back in it -- AND then the b linds are huge by that point so it's tougher to finish him off.and the even harder part of to PROFIT -- you have to not only be much better than 50-50 -- you have to also break the rake issue. at $1-5 per buyin as just the rake --- you have to realize that even if you're 75% victorious, the rake took a big % of your winnings (net of cost). it's a tough way to profit, albeit if you're good at it , kudos.

[missIdaho 1]

Sorry Royal I normaly agree with you on things, but HU SnGs aren't just about luck. I find most people who say that just aren't very good at it. There is a great deal of startegy involved.

[snowmannn 0]

Tell you what Douchebag!When you don't post threads like this:Hello is anyone interested in $100 at Full Tilt for $100 at Poker Stars, I would need you to transfer me the money and I'd transfer you the money at full tilt. I will send it first. ThanksThan i might believe what you're saying. or follow it up withthis:"where else do they allow 18 year olds to play"So in conclusion, I do not believe you. And i think you're a complete waste of space.

Haha you got burned. Someone found the "search for all posts" button. Royal you rule.Hug it out,Snowmannn

[Royal_Tour 0]

Sorry Royal I normaly agree with you on things, but HU SnGs aren't just about luck. I find most people who say that just aren't very good at it. There is a great deal of startegy involved.

Miss Idaho. i love you. But to say there is more strategy involved in NL HU SnG's is not true.Heads up limit matches are heavily weighed in strategy favour.DN is a great nl tournament player. Any idea why his matches are Pot Limit with fixed blinds?