HU24: Goal Complete

I won my 10 buy-ins at $2/4 NL heads-up! It's pretty incredible when the suckouts don't hit for my opponents.

It took me eight days to achieve the goal, and at one point I was down seven buy-ins. But I came back and rocked some HU fish.

The only downside of this week crushing $2/4 HU is that I played many other game types as well, which resulted in losses at $3/6 HU and $2/4 PLO. Man, do I ever suck at PLO, but I'm sure I'll improve (eventually).

I credit my accomplishment at $2/4 in part to pr1nnyraiding S2, Ep. 5. In that episode, Krantz discusses a flow chart that is posted in the video comments. The flow chart is used as an aid to determine what your opponents' attributes are, and then to think of counterstrategies.

I took the flow chart a step further and started writing down my opponents tendencies and my adjustments as I play. That exercise has really forced me to think harder about how I should be dodging and weaving against various opponent types, which is so important in HU play.

I used to complain that in heads-up play, I always seemed to claw for a buy-in or two but then lose four or five buy-ins within a few minutes. Now I feel like I'm the one with the big wins and small losses.