Sit-and-Go Stages: Heads Up

• 31.06.2025 2:26 pm
• Helen
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In the first second and the third parts of this series we went through the skills you need to put yourself in a position to play so as to win

If you go through all those articles and use the instructions therein properly, you will find yourself playing for first an entire lot more than you have.

However, at the end of the tournament you need to steal the seal deal.

Now you are familiar with the tools; all you need to do is apply them slowly. Therefore, our focal point in the fourth part of this article is head-up play.

There is still space to exploit your edge

Unluckily, the way some of the sit-and-go are made online, by the time you reach the heads-up play, the blinds have become very big that the game does not give chance for much play.

I presume you have built up some chips because if the chips are even, the match will be very tight.

No single player will hold much of an edge over the other just because of the arrangement.

Normally, the match comes down to the person who has the best cards in the shortest time.

This does not mean that it is totally out of your hands, there is still some space for you t use your edge.

Be very keen with the value of your hands

The value of your hands change from what they were pre-flop in the beginning of the game when you are heads-up.

It can be +EV to acquire any ace in pre-flop depending on how aggressive your opponent is playing.

If you happen to have a very decent shorthanded hand, then the hand is a monster heads-up.

Take it as this: if the hand you have is a decent one when the tournament is short-handed, then it is a monster head-up.

The pocket pairs are normally very strong. At showdown the hands are acquired using just one pair, so if you find yourself being dealt one before the flop, then you are ahead of the game.

The hands that normally increase in worth are big broadway hands, such as Q-J, K-T, K-Q and so on. These hands hit the flop make top pair with a good kicker.

The top pair happens to be a very huge hand heads-up and it is almost worthy of getting all-in.

The hands that reduce in worth are weak speculative hands, just like the low suited connectors.

As they may be decent to raise using a steal, you should not play them against a raise.

Hands like these drop in value when the stacks happen to be very short.

There is a little cash to get paid off, even if you flop a draw. The moment they hit the flop, they make a very weak second-pair hands or even gut-shot draws.

Example 

You and your opponent have $6,the blinds are $250/$500.

You happen to be in the small blind or button with and then you raise to $1800. The flop comes to . After this, your opponent bets $3200.

The best thing to do is to toss.

That is all.

That is just the bottom of the heads-up poker in a game like sit-and-go.

The blinds are very big and the play is very little that if you top pair, you will get it all-in.

The second example

You and your opponent have $the blinds happen to be $250/$500.

In the small or the button, you have and you raise to $1800, your opponent calls. The flop comes down to .

Your opponent checks and you later bet $your opponent tosses.

The only option you are left with is to call.

You have got two overcards plus an open-ended straight draw. In your stack, the only amount you have is $1450 and in the pot there is $11,050.

Go on with pushing hard when you find yourself in position.

Fortunately for you, you have a huge draw and you are getting big odds. Hands such as these are the ones your game will come down to.

While playing poker, you should use your position to the max. Always push hard when you are in position.

You should continue stealing and also continue being aggressive. The end of the tournament has not yet arrived until someone is declared the winner. So continue fighting for it.

Always keep in mind that if you make the best decisions, you will get more cash as the game continues no matter what happens.

So that brings us to the end of this article.

It is by no means complete. I wrote this article for the standard player who knows the game of poker but wants to take his sit-and-go to another stage.

This article is supposed to give you useful information so that you may familiarize yourself with how to be a great winner.