Strategy for stupid shallow live tourney HU

So at the end of a tournament, you are heads-up with a live bad player. You are both about 13-15 big blinds deep. The other person will almost always call a pre-flop raise sized 2x-3x. There isn't really room for post-flop play. What strategy would you use to maximize your chances? Or is this just a crapshoot?

expect we are probably just playing pretty nitty (i dunno like 40-50% open?), and raising big when we have good hands, like 3x or w/e, and minning the rest of our playable hands, and just vtowning him all day long? - since we should be owwwnnningggg him post

ohh yeah, maybe just open our quite good hands and limp alot more up to like 70% or something? also another option i guess

i dunno this is just what im guessing though, not really much of a short or mtt player =)

i like opening to 6 bb/calling it off and just hoping they fold hands like J7o Q2 the first 2-3 hands and letting that ride to victory.

i find making it 6 bb is better than open shoving, because you are obviously trying to steal, and sometimes they will be like "fu im just gonna call." but if you make it 6 bb they are like "wow i can't shove Q2" and "wow i can't call with Q2"


e.z game.

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shove his limps and min raise or shove 80% of hands in position is this a serious question?

a live bad player wiill likley fold a hand like K5o or Q8o to a shove 13bb deep, therefore stop looking at your cards and shove 100% of your hands, by the time he calls he will likley have less then 5-6bb and you will be in a 60-40

ye agreed with shoving im not opening normal unless i have QQ+ lol

On April 30 2012 07:36 mnj wrote: i like opening to 6 bb/calling it off and just hoping they fold hands like J7o Q2 the first 2-3 hands and letting that ride to victory. i find making it 6 bb is better than open shoving, because you are obviously trying to steal, and sometimes they will be like "fu im just gonna call." but if you make it 6 bb they are like "wow i can't shove Q2" and "wow i can't call with Q2" e.z game. + Show Spoiler + strategy 13 bb deep -___-

pretty sure the difference between shoving and 6x is just in ur mind

doomer gon nit!

you're probably right doomer, but live poker has the potential to get ridiculously personal and i've seen "spite calls" with shit and their logic is like "i was tired of folding, i put you on AK but i will call you wtih JT)