[nicka123]

sorry if im too late replying..lol..but if i were making the raise with first to act and didnt connect on the flop..id still put out a significant bet to represent and hand and hope my opponant doesnt have a strong enough hand to call me....

raising UTG is tricky, i usually dont like doing that but with hands like i think you have to...

thats just my opinion..

[W4ll4by]

That was a tricky question. Because ive already put so many chips in the pot i would probably go all in and hope he or that he might have a low pair if he would call. then you would have right about 10outs about a 20percent chance of winning. you would have been so shortstacked if you wouldve folded then you would have a very little chance of winning.

[Slayre]

Since it is heads up, and the range of starting hands is huge.. you can not fault the guy for play J9 ( nto that anyone was ).

I think a more significant preflop raise would have kept him out of the pot....unless he is fearless, aggressive, ie...

[HughHefner]

when i get delt AQ, its definitly not my goal to keep my only opponent out of the pot! id want to make a callable bet, the blinds alone wouldn't ever win me the tourny, and i cant wait around for hands to much better than AQ! ya know?

[mildseven]

In mi opinion it would depend on the player. I mean after playing sometime with him you know more or less how he plays the game. In moment 1 I would have raised 2x and in moment 2 I would have bet the same just to continue with the same rythm of betting if he raised I would call to see the turn if nothing comes and he bets hard I would fold or try to bluff myway out.

. . . MAybe an all in at the first pre flop would have folded him.

see ya
mildseven
Regnum Christi

[Arjonius]

Did you think the other player was better than you heads up? What did you think the probability was that the opponent had a pair, which would have meant he was ahead after he pushed all in?

If you're the better heads-up player, you can fold and you haven't seriously decreased your probability of winning; you'd be behind about 2:1 instead of 3:2. No big deal - let's say that because you're better, your chance of winning from 2:1 behind is 50%.

If you call and the opponent has any pair, you're pretty likely to lose the hand, which means losing the tourney. If you call and opponent has no pair, you're a reasonable favorite to win the hand. With a 4:1 chip lead, you'll probably win the tourney too, but it's not certain - let's say 90%. Overall, what this means is that you need the opponent to have no pair about 60% of the time. Otherwise, you're better off to fold and take your 50% chance with the 2:1 deficit. Of course, if you think your chances are better than 50-50 in such a situation, then it you need an even higher assumed probability of no pair in order to make calling mathematically preferable.

On the other hand, if you feel you're the inferior heads-up player, then you need to take more chances in order to win. You want to play big pots even if you're a slight dog. It may not have been your intention, but you played it the same way I would if I thought the other person was better.

[bigjenny]

no.1 I would probebly not do what you did on the first bet. I wouldent bet half of my money,( if I didnt have a lot more money) either you just make a small raise or you go all in from the start. if you bet half of your mony you dont have that much money to play whit , and then you get scared to lose.
( all in is always a nice way to go because then you dont have to worey what to do next hand )

no.2 If you get those cards at the flop and you bet as you did at the first bet the only thing you should do is go in whit the rest of you money. its about what you did bet the first time and if you dont bet as big he knows that you dont have anything and if you check , I dont think I have to tell you what he will do but sometimes you can get lucky and he doesent get anything either and just checks to. if you would have done what I said and just raise small you would have more money and you dont have to bet as big since the raise wasnt as high. the other guy could go all in anyway, but there is a much higher chanse that he just calls and then at least you get to see the turn.
( see you should have gone all in, much easyer )

no.3 but if you did check and he did go all in I think you should call him because you have already bet almost all you money and he probebly doesent have anything either, and if he has, tobad. its hard to say if I wuld have called because I wouldent have played the same as you. but mostly I dont like going all in after the flop if I dont have anything.

[ScottMc]

Move all in preflop and aviod the whole flop thing. If you get beat heads up with this hand so be it. this is goingto be a coin flip most of the time any way and just seeing the flop means 50% to all your chips are going to be in the pot to see the turn. Move in first and hope he calls with a weaker hand

[HughHefner]

Arj...thats how i tend to play in general. Im not bragging, im sure its not a good thing, but i naturally play as if my opponent is better than i am. i often force people to gamble with me if they want to beat me. example, if i sence someone has two overs to my pocket pair..i love getting them or me all in preflop. just tends to be how i naturally play, i should probably figure out how to curb that if i plan on being a better player...but its been working for me recently. actually, i havent played recently, but it was working for me before that.

p.s. this super hot girl is sitting at the comptuer next to me right now...NOOOO she is leaving the lab

[pookyman]

I would have checked at 2 and folded at 3. You still would of had 70k to play on and in no danger of being blinded out. Not only did you have nothing, you had to figure you needed an ace for your only out.

Head up play requires a looser start, but you still have to make a hand.