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k2o4 United States. Feb 02 2009 20:26. Posts 4803

I started my journey into HU today (as I said I would in an earlier blog post which you should scroll down and read since it got bumped off the main page really fast). My coach and I spent the morning going over HU basics and then doing a session. Obviously we ran bad and lost a few BI, cause I am cursed, but it was educational.

I've always sucked at HU. From the very first time I played poker HU perplexed me. My natural instinct lead me to a tight strategy and I'd always make it to the final 2 people when we'd do live tournaments amongst friends, but I'd lose HU because I had no clue wtf I was doing. When I started playing online I would do a lot of $5.50 SNG's and always make 2nd place in those too. Finally I tracked down some articles on SNG HU and learned enough basics that I began winning those micro SNG's and finally thought I was good at HU.

But when I tried cash HU I got raped, cause that's a different game. Blinds aren't constantly rising, people can reload, and you're not in shove/fold situations all the time. I ended up spewing a few BI on NL50 HU and pretty much never playing it again. Till today.

So after the lesson I kept going and lost another BI and then took a break. Came back and grinded for a long session and bottomed out at -5BI. Eventually things started to click though and the things my coach had said made more sense and I started seeing things differently, and I recovered up to -1 BI. Running better obviously was part of it but the big thing is that I started to feel less clueless, which is definitely good.

I've still got a lot to learn about HU but the more I play the more fun it is, so I'm excited to keep learning. It's fun learning a new style of poker - it brings back those feelings of excitement I had when I first started learning poker and felt like there was a huge world to explore.

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HeRoS)eNGagE Canada. Feb 02 2009 20:27. Posts 10896

yes hu is fun ^^ Gl with it

PplusAD Germany. Feb 02 2009 20:33. Posts 7180

Yeha HU is by far the most FUN in Poker

I started ocassional HU sessions 6 month ago and now i play HU exculisovley for the most part
I am not sure if i will go back to 6max ever besides for earning some FPP 4-5 sessions a month ...
HU > all in terms of fun

U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz)

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Ket

United Kingdom. Feb 02 2009 20:33. Posts 8665

check out "prinnyraiding" series on deucescracked if u havent already..gl

Elite00 United States. Feb 02 2009 21:40. Posts 683

haha I saw you at the 50NL HU table! I played some today too, but I had no idea what I was doing and lost like $75, but it was worth it for the lols.

RainyDay Korea (South). Feb 02 2009 21:45. Posts 484

HU is awesome.. just wait till you hook a big fish, guaranteed big day

stay sharp.

k2o4 United States. Feb 02 2009 23:37. Posts 4803

On February 02 2009 19:33 Ket wrote:
check out "prinnyraiding" series on deucescracked if u havent already..gl

yeah that's #1 on my videos list - haven't had time yet but it is gonna be the next vid I watch.

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