HUSNG Discussion

Since HUSNGs seem to be my main game at the moment I thought I would introduce some concepts for discussion. So as not to make this one massively long post I am going to try to split it into several posts.... however, I am busy this week and away this weekend in Edinburgh watching the rugby so don't hold your breath.... tho I do promise to do my best to post more often.

According to sharkscope I have played 287 HUSNGs to date any my graph looks like this:
According to Holdem Manager I am open raising 57% of buttons, 3 betting 9.9% from the BB and calling around 8% of the time in the BB, though I am pretty sure that these stats are inaccurate as Holdem Manager is a little lacking in tourney support and I can't seperate out the $10 HUSNGs from all the other tournaments I have played...... Not really sure what 'good' stats are so let me know what you think.

The first think I would like to discuss is open shoving/3-bet shoving the first hand of a HUSNG.
Paul (147_star) and I discussed this concept and tried to come up with a sensible range to open shove or 3-bet shove the first hand of a HUSNG on the basis that at these low limits the average player is very bad and is likely to freak out and call with a wide range usually consisting of any pair or A. I think that the range we came up with was 99+ and AJ+ (ATs?) and so far I have had a lot of success with this play. I would be interested to know what people think of this play and what your opening range should be.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8882578617: $10 + $0.50 Heads Up Sit & Go (67968481), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:47:36 ET - 2008/11/09
Seat 1: GALZUUD (1,500)
Seat 2: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Cafe Creme posts the small blind of 10
GALZUUD posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [Jc As]
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
GALZUUD has 15 seconds left to act
GALZUUD calls 1,480, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [Jc As]
GALZUUD shows [Ah 9c]
*** FLOP *** [Jd Qd 7h]
*** TURN *** [Jd Qd 7h] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Qd 7h 5c] [5h]
Cafe Creme shows two pair, Jacks and Fives
GALZUUD shows a pair of Fives
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with two pair, Jacks and Fives
GALZUUD stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd Qd 7h 5c 5h]
Seat 1: GALZUUD (big blind) showed [Ah 9c] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 2: Cafe Creme (small blind) showed [Jc As] and won (3,000) with two pair, Jacks and Fives

Full Tilt Poker Game #6543781496: $10 + $0.50 Heads Up Sit & Go (49743015), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 9:21:12 ET - 2008/05/24
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Seat 2: phatBwoi (1,500)
phatBwoi posts the small blind of 10
Cafe Creme posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [Ah Th]
phatBwoi raises to 60
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
phatBwoi calls 1,440, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [Ah Th]
phatBwoi shows [5d Ad]
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8d Kc]
*** TURN *** [Qs 8d Kc] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8d Kc 4s] [2c]
Cafe Creme shows Ace King high
phatBwoi shows Ace King high
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with Ace King high
phatBwoi is sitting out
phatBwoi stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [Qs 8d Kc 4s 2c]
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (big blind) showed [Ah Th] and won (3,000) with Ace King high
Seat 2: phatBwoi (small blind) showed [5d Ad] and lost with Ace King high

Full Tilt Poker Game #6247641712: $5 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go (47553104), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:05:02 ET - 2008/05/01
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Seat 2: labo2480 (1,500)
labo2480 posts the small blind of 10
Cafe Creme posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [Tc Td]
labo2480 has 15 seconds left to act
labo2480 calls 10
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
labo2480 calls 1,480, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [Tc Td]
labo2480 shows [9s Kc]
*** FLOP *** [Js 4c 2d]
*** TURN *** [Js 4c 2d] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Js 4c 2d 9d] [5h]
Cafe Creme shows a pair of Tens
labo2480 shows a pair of Nines
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with a pair of Tens
labo2480 stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [Js 4c 2d 9d 5h]
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (big blind) showed [Tc Td] and won (3,000) with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: labo2480 (small blind) showed [9s Kc] and lost with a pair of Nines

Full Tilt Poker Game #8807235931: $5 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go (67342490), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:19:42 ET - 2008/11/04
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Seat 2: lewismark (1,500)
lewismark posts the small blind of 10
Cafe Creme posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [9d 9c]
lewismark raises to 60
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
lewismark calls 1,440, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [9d 9c]
lewismark shows [6h 6d]
*** FLOP *** [9s 7d 2c]
*** TURN *** [9s 7d 2c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [9s 7d 2c 4d] [6s]
Cafe Creme shows three of a kind, Nines
lewismark shows three of a kind, Sixes
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with three of a kind, Nines
lewismark stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [9s 7d 2c 4d 6s]
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (big blind) showed [9d 9c] and won (3,000) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: lewismark (small blind) showed [6h 6d] and lost with three of a kind, Sixes



Going to grab some dinner now but am preparing a slightly more interesting post on playing short stacked in the late stages of a HUSNG.... something which has caused a lot of head scratching on the Durham Uni Poker forums....

Watch this space

Pinch and a punch, first of the month

So.... Looks like its been a while since I last posted. This is almost entirely due to me being lazy but also partly due to me having lots of work to do. Am once again going to make an attempt to keep my blog up to date although I expect my posts will be of the shorter variety (do I hear cheers?).

Having struggled with the HUSNGs on PokerStars I moved back to playing them on Full Tilt with much more success, I think that the longer structure is much more suited to my style of play and I suck at playing short stacked (something which I am working to improve). My current stats for the $10 HUSNGs on full tilt are:

Played: 265
Avg $ per game: $1.6
ROI: 15%
Total $$: $418

I moved briefly up to the $20s when I was running well but quickly dropped $150 and so went back to grinding the $10s.

I have started playing 2 tables now and so am averaging 12 games per hour.... meaning that I should be able to significantly boost my volume..... hopefully will be able to put in the hours. Am planning to make it to about 400-500 games at the $10s before I move up to the $20s but might take a couple of shots before then.

Will try to add some more interesting stuff soon.... but its good to be back blogging.

Ty