OK I bear my soul.... Complete HU tourney HH (Not text HH)

[AJG]

Here is a complete HU SnG.
Found a converter for multiple hands here.
To my knowledge, no one has posted the HH for a complete tourney before, for scrutiny, so here I go:

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HAND #1
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BB: 1,500
Hero (BTN): 1,500

Pre-Flop: (30) 7 4 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero folds

Results: 20 Pot
BB showed and WON 30 (+40 NET)

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HAND #2
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BTN: 1,510
Hero (BB): 1,490

Pre-Flop: (30) 4 6 dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN calls 10, Hero checks

Flop: (40) 7 Q 8 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (40) K (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets 20, Hero folds

Results: 40 Pot
BTN showed and WON 40 (+30 NET)

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HAND #3
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BB: 1,530
Hero (BTN): 1,470

Pre-Flop: (30) K 6 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 50, BB folds

Results: 40 Pot
Hero showed K 6 and WON 40 (+30 NET)

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HAND #4
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BTN: 1,510
Hero (BB): 1,490

Pre-Flop: (30) A 2 dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 80, Hero folds

Results: 40 Pot
BTN showed and WON 40 (+30 NET)

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HAND #5
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BB: 1,530
Hero (BTN): 1,470

Pre-Flop: (30) 8 5 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero folds

Results: 20 Pot
BB showed and WON 30 (+40 NET)

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HAND #6
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BTN: 1,540
Hero (BB): 1,460

Pre-Flop: (30) J K dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 40, Hero raises to 110, BTN calls 70

Flop: (220) 3 K J (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (220) T (2 Players)
Hero bets 110, BTN calls 110

River: (440) K (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Results: 440 Pot
BTN showed A T and LOST (-210 NET)
Hero showed J K and WON 440 (+240 NET)

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HAND #7
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BB: 1,320
Hero (BTN): 1,680

Pre-Flop: (30) 4 2 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero folds

Results: 20 Pot
BB showed and WON 30 (+40 NET)

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HAND #8
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BTN: 1,330
Hero (BB): 1,670

Pre-Flop: (30) Q 2 dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 40, Hero calls 20

Flop: (80) J K 8 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets 40, Hero folds

Results: 80 Pot
BTN showed and WON 80 (+50 NET)

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HAND #9
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BB: 1,370
Hero (BTN): 1,630

Pre-Flop: (30) Q K dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 50, BB folds

Results: 40 Pot
Hero showed Q K and WON 40 (+30 NET)

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HAND #10
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BTN: 1,350
Hero (BB): 1,650

Pre-Flop: (30) 9 3 dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN folds

Results: 20 Pot
Hero showed 9 3 and WON 30 (+40 NET)

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HAND #11
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BB: 1,340
Hero (BTN): 1,660

Pre-Flop: (30) 3 8 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero folds

Results: 20 Pot
BB showed and WON 30 (+40 NET)

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HAND #12
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BTN: 1,350
Hero (BB): 1,650

Pre-Flop: (30) 2 A dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 40, Hero calls 20

Flop: (80) 7 4 A (2 Players)
Hero bets 80, BTN folds

Results: 80 Pot
Hero showed 2 A and WON 80 (+60 NET)

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HAND #13
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BB: 1,310
Hero (BTN): 1,690

Pre-Flop: (30) T 6 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero calls 10, BB raises to 40, Hero calls 20

Flop: (80) 7 8 6 (2 Players)
BB bets 20, Hero raises to 40, BB calls 20

Turn: (160) 5 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets 80, BB folds

Results: 160 Pot
Hero showed T 6 and WON 160 (+90 NET)

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HAND #14
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BTN: 1,230
Hero (BB): 1,770

Pre-Flop: (30) T 4 dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN calls 10, Hero checks

Flop: (40) Q K 4 (2 Players)
Hero bets 40, BTN calls 40

Turn: (120) 2 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (120) T (2 Players)
Hero bets 85, BTN calls 85

Results: 290 Pot
BTN showed K 7 and LOST (-135 NET)
Hero showed T 4 and WON 290 (+165 NET)

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HAND #15
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BB: 1,085
Hero (BTN): 1,915

Pre-Flop: (30) J 7 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 50, BB raises to 80, Hero calls 30

Flop: (160) 6 3 Q (2 Players)
BB bets 20, Hero folds

Results: 160 Pot
BB showed and WON 160 (+100 NET)

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HAND #16
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BTN: 1,165
Hero (BB): 1,835

Pre-Flop: (30) 3 T dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 80, Hero folds

Results: 40 Pot
BTN showed and WON 40 (+30 NET)

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HAND #17
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BB: 1,185
Hero (BTN): 1,815

Pre-Flop: (30) 8 A dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 50, BB calls 30

Flop: (100) Q 4 8 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets 75, BB calls 75

Turn: (250) Q (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (250) K (2 Players)
BB bets 20, Hero calls 20

Results: 290 Pot
BB showed 5 A and LOST (-125 NET)
Hero showed 8 A and WON 290 (+155 NET)

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HAND #18
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BTN: 1,040
Hero (BB): 1,960

Pre-Flop: (30) K K dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 40, Hero raises to 95, BTN calls 55

Flop: (190) T 7 J (2 Players)
Hero bets 135, BTN calls 135

Turn: (460) 3 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (460) 9 (2 Players)
Hero bets 230, BTN calls 230

Results: 920 Pot
BTN showed A A and WON 920 (+470 NET)
Hero showed K K and LOST (-440 NET)

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HAND #19
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BB: 1,500
Hero (BTN): 1,500

Pre-Flop: (45) 4 4 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero calls 15, BB checks

Flop: (60) 4 T 8 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero calls 30

Turn: (120) 5 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero raises to 105, BB calls 75

River: (330) 8 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero raises to 210, BB raises to 390, Hero calls 180

Results: 1,110 Pot
BB showed 8 J and LOST (-525 NET)
Hero showed 4 4 and WON 1,110 (+570 NET)

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HAND #20
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BTN: 945
Hero (BB): 2,055

Pre-Flop: (45) T 9 dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN calls 15, Hero checks

Flop: (60) T 7 Q (2 Players)
Hero bets 60, BTN folds

Results: 60 Pot
Hero showed T 9 and WON 60 (+60 NET)

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HAND #21
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BB: 915
Hero (BTN): 2,085

Pre-Flop: (45) 3 A dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 75, BB calls 45

Flop: (150) K J Q (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero calls 30

Turn: (210) 6 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero calls 30

River: (270) Q (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets 120, BB folds

Results: 270 Pot
Hero showed 3 A and WON 270 (+150 NET)

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HAND #22
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BTN: 780
Hero (BB): 2,220

Pre-Flop: (45) J J dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN folds

Results: 30 Pot
Hero showed J J and WON 45 (+60 NET)

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HAND #23
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BB: 765
Hero (BTN): 2,235

Pre-Flop: (45) 7 9 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero calls 15, BB raises to 90, Hero folds

Results: 60 Pot
BB showed and WON 60 (+60 NET)

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HAND #24
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BTN: 795
Hero (BB): 2,205

Pre-Flop: (45) 2 K dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN calls 15, Hero checks

Flop: (60) Q 2 6 (2 Players)
Hero bets 60, BTN folds

Results: 60 Pot
Hero showed 2 K and WON 60 (+60 NET)

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HAND #25
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BB: 765
Hero (BTN): 2,235

Pre-Flop: (45) K T dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 75, BB folds

Results: 60 Pot
Hero showed K T and WON 60 (+45 NET)

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HAND #26
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BTN: 735
Hero (BB): 2,265

Pre-Flop: (45) 8 K dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 120, Hero calls 90

Flop: (240) J 8 T (2 Players)
Hero bets 120, BTN raises to 615 and is All-In, Hero calls 495

Turn: (1,470) Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (1,470) A (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 1,470 Pot
BTN showed 5 J and LOST (-720 NET)
Hero showed 8 K and WON 1,470 (+765 NET)


Yeah, I know its long, but I am thinking postin a complete game might give better insights into both my and opponents 'image' and tendancies...
I will also post the next one I lose
Last hand was a little loose on the call, often its a fold there at these blinds but I have quite a few games recorded against this opponent, and he usually starts to push a lot of hands when < 900 chips even in the 2nd or 3rd level...

Please any comments welcome, thats why i posted it of course.
Thanks in advance if you do read it and do comment on anything...

[AceLosesKing]

I'm sorry, I refuse to read this without the proper formatting.

Just too much text dude.

Head to pokerhandconverter.com

[AJG]

Says 'Domain expired' when i go there...
Any other suggestions to post multiple hands more reader friendly?

Edit: Found a multiple hand converter, updated OP

[maccatak11]

Probably the first thing i noticed is when you are in the small blind pre, you ONLY limp marginal hands and ONLY raise decent hands. Players will work this out pretty soon, and start raising any time you flat your SB, knowing you don't do this with a big hand (the hand where you had 44 might be a possible exception). Similarly with checking back your BB, you only do this with poor hands and only raise with big hands.

I know in early rounds when the blinds are small that you dont want to play too many large pots, but i would be getting more aggressive pre flop as a whole. Your opponent here seems to be pretty tight, especially in the early stages, so i would take more advantage of this.

And FWIW in the final hand you should be calling EVERY time given stack sizes imo. You could have as many as 14 outs, assuming he doesn't have any of them, so i call every time here.

[AceLosesKing]

From what I've noticed, you check the turn back to often.

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HAND #6
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BTN: 1,540
Hero (BB): 1,460

Pre-Flop: (30) J K dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 40, Hero raises to 110, BTN calls 70

Flop: (220) 3 K J (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (220) T (2 Players)
Hero bets 110, BTN calls 110

River: (440) K (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Results: 440 Pot
BTN showed A T and LOST (-210 NET)
Hero showed J K and WON 440 (+240 NET)

Checking the river here is bad, fire again, something like 280-340.

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HAND #12
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BTN: 1,350
Hero (BB): 1,650

Pre-Flop: (30) 2 A dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 40, Hero calls 20

Flop: (80) 7 4 A (2 Players)
Hero bets 80, BTN folds

Results: 80 Pot
Hero showed 2 A and WON 80 (+60 NET)

C/r is a better option here, its not like you have AK on this board and want to get stacks in, if you lead pot like this he will play any underpair/middle pair type hands passively.

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HAND #13
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BB: 1,310
Hero (BTN): 1,690

Pre-Flop: (30) T 6 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero calls 10, BB raises to 40, Hero calls 20

Flop: (80) 7 8 6 (2 Players)
BB bets 20, Hero raises to 40, BB calls 20

Turn: (160) 5 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets 80, BB folds

Results: 160 Pot
Hero showed T 6 and WON 160 (+90 NET)

This hand is just weird (by both of you) and I can't believe that he folded the turn after calling the flop.

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HAND #15
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BB: 1,085
Hero (BTN): 1,915

Pre-Flop: (30) J 7 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 50, BB raises to 80, Hero calls 30

Flop: (160) 6 3 Q (2 Players)
BB bets 20, Hero folds

Results: 160 Pot
BB showed and WON 160 (+100 NET)

I'd be raising this flop to that donk bet.

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HAND #16
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BTN: 1,165
Hero (BB): 1,835

Pre-Flop: (30) 3 T dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 80, Hero folds

Results: 40 Pot
BTN showed and WON 40 (+30 NET)

WTF AS IF YOU FOLD HERE

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HAND #17
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BB: 1,185
Hero (BTN): 1,815

Pre-Flop: (30) 8 A dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 50, BB calls 30

Flop: (100) Q 4 8 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets 75, BB calls 75

Turn: (250) Q (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (250) K (2 Players)
BB bets 20, Hero calls 20

Results: 290 Pot
BB showed 5 A and LOST (-125 NET)
Hero showed 8 A and WON 290 (+155 NET)

Biggest turn lead in the history of poker. Q changes nothing, if he had you on the flop he has you on the turn. You do not want another diamond to peel off, as then you can't call, and you have the best hand like 85% of the time. Fire, fire, fire.

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HAND #18
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BTN: 1,040
Hero (BB): 1,960

Pre-Flop: (30) K K dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 40, Hero raises to 95, BTN calls 55

Flop: (190) T 7 J (2 Players)
Hero bets 135, BTN calls 135

Turn: (460) 3 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (460) 9 (2 Players)
Hero bets 230, BTN calls 230

Results: 920 Pot
BTN showed A A and WON 920 (+470 NET)
Hero showed K K and LOST (-440 NET)

lol how did this not get in.

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HAND #19
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BB: 1,500
Hero (BTN): 1,500

Pre-Flop: (45) 4 4 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero calls 15, BB checks

Flop: (60) 4 T 8 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero calls 30

Turn: (120) 5 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero raises to 105, BB calls 75

River: (330) 8 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero raises to 210, BB raises to 390, Hero calls 180

Results: 1,110 Pot
BB showed 8 J and LOST (-525 NET)
Hero showed 4 4 and WON 1,110 (+570 NET)

I don't love flatting here a great deal, but its ok. Your sizing on the turn could've been bigger, 110-130.

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HAND #21
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BB: 915
Hero (BTN): 2,085

Pre-Flop: (45) 3 A dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 75, BB calls 45

Flop: (150) K J Q (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero calls 30

Turn: (210) 6 (2 Players)
BB bets 30, Hero calls 30

River: (270) Q (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets 120, BB folds

Results: 270 Pot
Hero showed 3 A and WON 270 (+150 NET)

I check back this river.

If you don't want to get the final hand in on that flop quit poker.

Hope that helped.

[AJG]

Thanks for your comments guys...

Matt, you are correct that I played pretty straightforward preflop in this game, reading it now its not overly indicative of my usual play....
I just posted the 1st game after I had the idea of posting a whole HU SnG, before it disappeared into the HEM archive, probably 2 games later by the 25/50 level my SB stats were 65% raise/20% limp /10% 3bet... (for HU I dont use the std VPIP/PFR stats but SB Open Raise / SB Limp / BB Call open / 3bet for preflop stats)

Aaron, what is so bad about folding T3o to a SB raise?
Hand 19, do you mean flatting the flop, river or both?
Hand 21, yeah I have a hand with some showdown value, but I didnt feel he would call a bet there, min bet flop n turn: busted club flush draw me thinks, perhaps he had a T?? Is it not preferable to win via a fold, than at a showdown had I chk'ed?
That minraised flop hand, was a mistake from memory, I meant to 1/2pot raise...

Yep, in retrospect that river chk with a fullhouse was bad, obv hoping he would bluff at it, as I didnt think he would call but might possibly take a shot if I chked.

Certainly a few mistakes in there, some bigger than others...
Good to get others thoughts on them and how you'd have played differently...

A note about the way I choose to approach poker, and I have read alot of stuff that advocates against my own approach, when the blinds are relatively small, I am not always happy to get allin with a 5 or 10% edge. Especially here since I have dropped back to playing only $5, after a cashout and dumping a few buyins at 12/25 PLO, my BR cant really handle the $10 yet. And at the $5 i feel I have more than a 10% edge over most opponents, so i dont feel I need to take a small edge for all my chips.
Yes, i can preempt objections to this, such as "You should be prepared to bet 10% of your BR with a 10% edge" etc etc, but i just dont choose to play this way usually, although sometimes I will. Even objections to my thinking I have a decent edge...

So with that final hand, I did call, but against certain opponents it isnt neccessarily an insta-call imho. There are some there who will only shove with a made straight, set or the nut flush draw... But certainly agree its an easy call a lot of the time...

Thanks for your time Matt and Aaron... appreciated (and anyone else who takes a look and comments later)

[maccatak11]

Aaron, what is so bad about folding T3o to a SB raise?

Because its MONSTER!! A premium hand good for both shoving and calling all-ins from opponents.

[AJG]