Posted Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:36 pm GMT by LeafsFan1122
Alright- when making it to heads up of a turbo SnG, we all know that the blinds are deathly high, and playing room is very slim. I know heads up is all about agression, agression, agression, but can you put a limit to this? Say blinds are 2k/4k, Player 1 has 94 on the button with a stack of 17k, Player 2 (whos cards are unknown) has about 20k. Is player 1 obligated to push? Some general advice or thoughts about this topic would be appreciated. 8)
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Posted Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:52 pm GMT by kingetje
you gotta be aggressive but its not wrong to fold in this situation
Posted Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:47 pm GMT by LeafsFan1122
Sorry I don't have HH for this, but it was actually a situation that happened to a friend, not me. She ended up getting the opponent down to 1 BB (4k), and the guy amazingly came back, winning every race to beat my friend. My personal strategy in allin whenever possible, but I'm starting to question it. 
Posted Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:02 am GMT by Ryan231
When the blinds are that high its just a crap shoot, push if you think your ahead or your opponent checks/ just calls the blind.
Say you wait for a good hand.. you finally get AQ and he calls your all in with a 10-6 and you win, your not going to win much because most of your chips have already been pissed away by playing tight, and theres a good chance his 10-6 will beat you.
I remember a live game I played, I had this guy about 5:1 in chips and the blinds were insanely high, so my strategy was just to push him in whenever he showed any weakness, if your heads up and your opponent doesn't make a move you have to, picking up all those small pots were its just the blinds in the middle really adds up and can compensate if he catches a monster and takes a chunk out of you. I remember I pushed the guy all in and he called and it was races like me - QJ against him - A5 and he won every single race, granted most of the time I was a slight underdog chances are I'll win 1 out of every 3 times at least.
On a side note I find that turbo SnGs are really crap in terms of playing poker, all you do is wait until theres like 6-7 people left and then its just a push fest because of the blinds. Another thing you must realize is that the button is almost as important as the quality of cards you are getting at these late stages, I wouldn't think of opening the pot in EP with a hand like A8 or even limping but with the button and folds around (common) its a very good stealing hand. Also a good tip IMO is either pump it or dump it, if your hand isn't good enough to raise at this point (doesn't have to be very strong to raise with LP) then its not good enough to be limping because someone will take advantage of your weakness.
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