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Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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BB: $50.00
Hero (BTN/SB): $66.85

Pre Flop: Hero is BTN/SB with 7 8
Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3.00) 7 6 2 (2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($9.00) 7 (2 players)
BB bets $7, Hero raises to $18, BB raises to $29, Hero raises to $62.35 all in, BB calls $16.50 all in

River: ($100.00) A

Final Pot: $100.00
BB shows Ac 7h (a full house, Sevens full of Aces)
Hero shows 7c 8s (three of a kind, Sevens)
BB wins $99.50
(Rake: $0.50)



Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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BTN/SB: $97.75
Hero (BB): $51.60

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with 9 K
BTN/SB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3.00) K T 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

Turn: ($3.00) K (2 players)
Hero bets $2, BTN/SB calls $2

River: ($7.00) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $4, BTN/SB raises to $25, Hero calls $21

Final Pot: $57.00
BTN/SB shows Jc Ac (a straight, Ace high)
Hero mucks 9c Kd
BTN/SB wins $56.50
(Rake: $0.50)


Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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BB: $127.65
Hero (BTN/SB): $50.00

Pre Flop: Hero is BTN/SB with 6 3
Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3.00) J 8 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2, BB calls $2

Turn: ($7.00) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($7.00) 6 (2 players)
BB bets $5, Hero calls $5

Final Pot: $17.00
BB shows Ks 7s (a flush, King high)
Hero shows 6h 3s (three of a kind, Sixes)
BB wins $16.50
(Rake: $0.50)


Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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BTN/SB: $133.65
Hero (BB): $43.50

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with A A
BTN/SB raises to $2, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.00) 3 K 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.50, BTN/SB raises to $7, Hero raises to $16.50, BTN/SB raises to $131.65 all in, Hero calls $25 all in

Turn: ($87.00) 6

River: ($87.00) T

Final Pot: $87.00
BTN/SB shows 3s 4s (two pair, Fours and Threes)
Hero shows Ah As (a pair of Aces)
BTN/SB wins $86.50
(Rake: $0.50)

So all these hands happened in a 10 hand stretch. When the DC logo gear comes out I'm going to order a DC tinfoil hat so FT will no longer be able to mindfuck me. I called with the aces in the last hand because my opponent had been very tight when facing reraises and I obv wasn't looking for a fold. I really blame WiltOnTilt and Jay for getting me hooked on HU. I kill the sixmax games, I swear I do.

hey shawn,

hand 1: raise bigger on the turn, and yes felt it. Most of the hands he donks into you here at these stakes will be some sort of 6 or goofy draw that is making an ill advised bluff. crank it up to like 26 at least. more protection, more value

hand 2: K9o isn't an automatic defend for me oop. i'd want some better reads. as you know, all HU hands are difficult to analyze just because game flow and reads and history means so much. but analyzing in a vacuum, i would fold K9o (would call or 3bet KTo though) I don't think pf is a huge mistake or anything, but worth pointing out. if he wasn't cbetting much, or he was cbetting too much then i would defend (and either try to get to showdown/free cards or checkraise a lot if he was cbetting too much.

i probably bet 2.50 on the turn as well, because when he checks back this type of flop, it's usually with some sort of showdown value that will call on the turn, so like an 8, or ten, or A high etc.

once you bet 4 into 7 on the river, you can't fold to the raise. if you made a bigger bet and he still came over the top, you could consider a fold.

hand 3: again pf isn't standard for me, but if the guy is playing super tight and rarely 3betting then i wont complain too much about pf. i probably lose more $ on this one than you did. i'd usually raise small then fold to the 3bet on the river because i think you get value out of a jack or an 8, and sometimes he should be checkraising his flush draws on the flop (although a tight pf hu player who doesnt 3bet much may not be the type to c/r a flush draw very often, so that would lend the river to be more of a call), and he's hard for him to get to the river with a 6 here unless it's 67.

hand 4:

if you're not going to 3bet pre (which is obv the standard) then go for a checkraise on the flop. given your line you arent folding though.

hey shawn,

hand 1: raise bigger on the turn, and yes felt it. Most of the hands he donks into you here at these stakes will be some sort of 6 or goofy draw that is making an ill advised bluff. crank it up to like 26 at least. more protection, more value

I was raising small on the turn for two reasons. First I wanted it to look like he would have fold equity if he shoved and second I wanted to set up a pot sized bet on the river.

hand 2: K9o isn't an automatic defend for me oop. i'd want some better reads. as you know, all HU hands are difficult to analyze just because game flow and reads and history means so much. but analyzing in a vacuum, i would fold K9o (would call or 3bet KTo though) I don't think pf is a huge mistake or anything, but worth pointing out. if he wasn't cbetting much, or he was cbetting too much then i would defend (and either try to get to showdown/free cards or checkraise a lot if he was cbetting too much.

i probably bet 2.50 on the turn as well, because when he checks back this type of flop, it's usually with some sort of showdown value that will call on the turn, so like an 8, or ten, or A high etc.

once you bet 4 into 7 on the river, you can't fold to the raise. if you made a bigger bet and he still came over the top, you could consider a fold.

He was raising a lot of buttons (58/40 over our short match) and I had been mixing it up between calling and 3 betting, 3 betting the top and bottom of my wider defending range and calling with the middle of it. I was obviously looking to c/r the flop and had the same read you did that perhaps he had flopped something with a little showdown value and wanted to avoid a c/r so when my card came on the turn I obv wanted to put him on the installment plan for value but still leave him room to get spastic and put in a raise with a weak draw. On the river I tried for a blocking bet but he raised anyway... bleh.

hand 3: again pf isn't standard for me, but if the guy is playing super tight and rarely 3betting then i wont complain too much about pf. i probably lose more $ on this one than you did. i'd usually raise small then fold to the 3bet on the river because i think you get value out of a jack or an 8, and sometimes he should be checkraising his flush draws on the flop (although a tight pf hu player who doesnt 3bet much may not be the type to c/r a flush draw very often, so that would lend the river to be more of a call), and he's hard for him to get to the river with a 6 here unless it's 67.

lol, 63o is no longer a standard opening hand when you are steaming?

hand 4:

if you're not going to 3bet pre (which is obv the standard) then go for a checkraise on the flop. given your line you arent folding though.

Most of the hands from this stretch which I omitted (because there was no flop) was me raising and him folding or him raising and me reraising and him folding. I felt that he was hanging back, that he knew I was getting worked by the poker gods and that I was ready to go off. Therefore in this spot I chose to get fancy with the aces (which I never, ever do in 6 max unless it is smooth calling in front of a squeezer) and with that board the rest of the hand is automatic imo (flush draw, king rag rag, etc etc)

Anyway, thanks very much for looking these over for me. I agree with everything you wrote. I guess I just wanted to hear from someone with a lot of HUHU if I was missing any signals (specifically the min3bet on the turn in hand 1) or if this is more or less typical of the nastiness of head up play.

Also, it was great to meet you this weekend. I would definitely recommend you to anyone looking for HU coaching.

Shawn