I've got a question concerning heads-up play. |
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Posted Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:20 pm GMT by Poker_Pimp
Say you're on a tournament table and you manage to get to a heads-up. Now say you have 1000 chips left, and your opponent has 900 left.
Couldn't you technically, if you fold every single hand - no matter how good it is -, blind him to death? I mean, eventually the blinds would get him before you, right?
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Posted Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:36 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
No, because he's not going to fold every hand, and eventually a hand will have to go to showdown.
Posted Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:41 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
To clarify, when the blind is equal to or greater than his stack, he will be all in and forced to play whatever is in his hand at that time.
Posted Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:30 am GMT by MrDarling
No, because every time you fold he wins the blind. So how can he be blinded off?
Even if he only had 1 blind left, and you have 100Xblinds.
If you fold, he can't lose!
Posted Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:24 pm GMT by Muck
| MrDarling wrote: | No, because every time you fold he wins the blind. So how can he be blinded off?
Even if he only had 1 blind left, and you have 100Xblinds.
If you fold, he can't lose! |
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:37 am GMT by MrDarling
Wow, I've never been quoted bolded before.
I feel ever so important.
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:50 pm GMT by Iron Butt
Yeah, good heads-up play is kinda the opposite of that. Stealing and defending the blinds becomes crucial, and players will push all-in with even marginal hands to try to steal the blinds.
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:03 pm GMT by Muck
| MrDarling wrote: | Wow, I've never been quoted bolded before.
I feel ever so important. |
Well I thought you pretty much summed up the critical flaw to this logic.
I.e. Blinds don't go to the house, so you can't simply outlast you opponent by folding ever hand until you both have almost nothing but he hits the felt first.
Posted Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:10 pm GMT by supafrey
To win at headsup, just fold a lot. Wait for monsters.
Posted Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:15 am GMT by kompis
| supafrey wrote: | | To win at headsup, just fold a lot. Wait for monsters. |
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