Heads up hand
Recently I was playing a heads up SNG at Full Tilt Poker and in the final hand I was dealt Q♥Q&spades in the small blind.
I had the option to call, check, or raise. Normally with QQ you’d raise, but I decided to call because my opponent had been making aggressive preflop raises.
I had a significant chip lead and I wanted to end the hand right here. I sensed my opponent may be getting desperate and may be raising with any face card. That would make a call-raise a great play since he’d already be pot comitted with a short stack.
He made it $165 to go and I thought for a few seconds and made it $400 to go. He had $250 left and pushed the rest of his chips into the pot. I instantly called and he had Q♦J♥.
He missed the flop and was drawing to runner runner cards which he missed.
It seems like a simple hand, but I see a lot of people make a substantial raise with a big pocket pair preflop. While that can be correct, you really need to know your opponent. I was 75% sure my opponent would make a significant raise from the big blind and get himself pot committed when he was behind. I ended up being right.
Heads up doesn’t necessarily mean you play ultra aggressive, patience is still important. Waiting for the right moment to make your move will help you win heads up matches a lot more.
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