How to Play Heads-Up Poker: PREFLOP
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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With the upcoming Doug Polk vs Daniel Negreanu Heads-Up Challenge, lots of students have been asking for heads-up strategy. In this video, I'll teach you about preflop strategy in heads-up no limit hold'em, and give you access to my new preflop charts!
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As a serious chess player that was the first time I've seen someone use an actually good chess metaphor who isn't known for chess so thank you
I played my fair share of chess as a kid.
Unbelievable you still “only” have 68k subscribers, you deserve so much more! Every poker player should have heard of you.
Thanks! I will keep grinding.
On the other hand, be glad for that. The more players who are not educating themselves, the better for those who are :)
He has +80k!
Legend, if you don't know this guy. You're not a poker player
91,5k Jonathan, keep it up! Greetings from Holland
3 bet a polarised strategy of premium pairs, suited aces, some suited broadways and the strongest offsuit aces. Bluff some lower suited kings, lower offsuit aces and small pocket pairs. Call everything in between.
Thanks for this! I hardly ever see this situation talked about and I'm always super uncomfortable HU preflop.
In answer to the question at 5:50: My initial thoughts are to 3 bet with roughly suited aces, suited kings, Q8s+, J7s+, K9o+, Q10o+, J10o+, 55+. Probably a few suited connectors as well.
Jon, as said before, you're a good egg. Thank you for your effort and time.
88+, ATo+, A9s+, A2-A5s, KJo+, KTs+, K2-K5s+, Some more broadways at fréquence and suited connectors from 67s to T9s, and some suited one gapers too
I’ve seen the results and I guess I’m a bit blocker/ tournament oriented
Thank you for this video! It was very informative.🙏🏻 I was struggling heads up. This video really helped me out. I will subscribe. Goodluck with your channel!
Glad it was helpful!
Hurriedly watching this now while playing heads up at the final table of a 600 person tourney for 4k. Wish me luck lol!
Just won, thanks so much haha. Let me know if you want your cut Jonathan!
Suited connectors, 1 gap connecters, broadway's, A-9 & up Pocket pairs
Really helpful, great info, well presented in a way that's easy to understand. Thank you and best of luck at the table my dude
This was really great. I am enjoying the pure strategy involved with HU.
This came perfect timing for me I struggle headsup
Hyped to watch some CG hu contents ! thank you !
Thank you very much... from Brazil...
You are welcome!
I would 3! Something close to a HJ rfi range for 6-max
Really good and i liked comparison with chess. Will there be a video about postflop
Most likely!
@@PokerCoaching i hope so, i prefer watching videos about hu in poker coaching than buying Polk's expensive course 😅
2's and 3's should not be 3-Betting that much. According to Doug Polk, "pocket 2's and 3's should basically never be 3-betting in heads up." 20% is still 1/5 of the time. Also KJo, QJo and ATo only 20% 3-Bet? Did you come up with this chart? If so where did you get the ideas for it? Or did you use a preflop simulator of some kind?
This is actually what Piosolver says??
I don't get why suited hands seem to be so valuable heads up, according to these charts. Why should the BB prefer 54s to, say, ATo for 3-betting? Isn't the latter a much stronger hand, especially heads up?
Board coverage. If you have to play the hand every once in a while, you may as well do it those times when it's suited, as that hand is strictly better than if it's unsuited.
It can't be right but with such a large RFI SB range I'd feel like you should 3-bet like 50%+
Pocket 10s and above or suited (10,J,Q,K,A) combo cards
Im pretty new to Poker and was just wondering who came up with These strategies? Like are they all statistically based or what exactly is behind them?
They are based on Game Theory Optimal strategies.
@@PokerCoaching ah... "TGO" makes sense now. Thx for the quick answer! Ive tried getting into Poker like 5 years ago and was watching the "EverythingPoker" series by Pokerstars to get started. Ive naturally come back to IT now. Would you say this is still up to bate and worth it? Or has the game changed too much as far as starting hands, betting and more are concerned? Thx again!
Thanks JL for the free heads up tables. Really appreciated. 🙏
Hi Jonathan Ive played a fair bit of heads up since this video. What to do against the button open limp? I can't find many good ranges on this. It seems that all the material online assumes a 2.5x open and go from there. But in the tourneys I play, when it gets down to heads up, no one raises the button! They are very passive and just want to see a flop. If I had to guess at a solution, I would raise big (4x), but not often, to charge the in position player. I would do this with some very strong hands that can continue v a limp 3 bet (AA-TT, AKo, AK-AJs, KQs) and some junk (34s, K7o, 22). Check behind everything else. Note: there are antes in play. Cheers.
Limp a lot with marginal hands, raise with a strong linear range.
45sout +
Any pair
Kt+
A9of+
Any Ax sout
05:40 55+ A2s+ A5o+ K9s+ K9o+ QTo+ Q9s+ JTs TY FLOPZILLA
Ooo that new intro, lovin it! Haha
I guess I need to 3 bet around 50% of hands then.
good video, it's exactly what i'm looking for, thanks.
Glad I could help
At our home game we play 200 big blinds or more heads up with .05/.10 blinds with a optional .10 cent straddles. With the option for straddler to re raise. Is it a bad idea to straddle if I feel I can bully the other person with large re raises and I balance them with suited connectors as well as premium hands
Thanks Jonathan. Informative video. Again.
Awesome video! Been playing a lot of heads up tournaments lately, and this definitely helps :) Just a QQ, if I understand this correctly, if BB almost never 3 bets, I should only 4-bet with value hands and also fold much more often to his 3bets?
joga HU onde meu caro? tem algum lugar melhor que pokerstar pra heads-up a dinheiro?
Great Video!!
Thx!
I'd 3! with my best made hands and my worst playable hands with blocker potential, electing to call all marginal hands that flop well. May put AA/KK in calling range sometimes to mix things up
woof - thought it should be polar raising range, turns out linear is better
edit: polar when they fold more is good LOL
Hi Jonathan!
Thank you for this guide. Sooo loose))) I'm playin 35-45 % hands on bb depending on my opponents.
There are 3betting, 4betting and calling the 3bets - all this carts are SOOO looose. How shuold we play them postflop - bluff 50 % of time ? Most of time we get nothing postflop with those hands...
Do you have continue ? some postflop guide especially for those preflop charts ??
See PokerCoaching.com/fundamentals
I dunno where did u get this charts. I create preflop charts a lot with different rake structure and vs different opponents. Your chart isnt terrible...but calling AJo KQo look like bad game ....
so I might to ask you who gives u this charts?
PioSolver.
@@PokerCoaching thx for aswer. btw you missread 4bet range. at least yours looks like 6.5-7.5% gyazo.com/9ff1a70983ced5e3900b051abdb904fc
J4o NEVER FOLDS this is old meta!
JONATHAN. If I am on-the-button and everyone folds to me is this "SORT OF" a case of head's up (it's 3-way). If "I know the small blind will fold", let's say by a tell or he's super-tight. Can the strategy you employ be used in this situation??
Just use default button strategies and widen your range a bit. There are full downloadable charts at pokercoaching.com in the Tools section.
He called a raise with a queen ten honey
was studying the charts provided, and it looks like the btn 4 bet chart includes > 7% hands instead of the 5.1% described. also the charts say to 4 bet K9s 7% of the time, but call 96% of the time, which appears to be another inconsistency.
am i understanding the charts incorrectly, or are these errors? if they are mistakes, can we find the correct charts anywhere? the HUNL charts from your website are the same.
Probably a minor error. Sorry!
@@PokerCoaching sorry for the request, but how the button respond to bb 5bet? There's not in the charts :(
09:55 the 4bet range looks noisy. If you let it solve down further you'll get a more precise 4betting range.
Also, the 3-Bet range is off for some hands. like 2's and 3's should not be 3-Betting that much for example.
As a guess, I'd be 3 betting tighter than 81٪. Maybe 50%?
OK maybe I was wrong. Call with 50%. 3 bet with 20%.
What is big rake? 14:55
Depends on the game, but in cash games, something like 5bbs+ would be considered huge.
Thanks! How do we adjust if we have fewer BBs? For example 50 BBs or 20/25 BBs?
See the charts at PokerCoaching.com in the Tools section and extrapolate.
@@PokerCoaching Oh nice, I havent seen that one yet! Thanks Jonathan :)
id be 3 betting with 18% of hands
I was sooo wrong!
Ha! Now you know!
Sometimes I wonder if these kind of videos are made to make us play more frequent Hands, lose in the process and take their paid subscriptions. 🙇😅😆
Liked purely for the cheesy hold music... XD
I love cheese.