heads-up

last night i spent few hours watching $25k heads-up championship on fulltilt. many fulltilt pros including phil ivey, andy bloch, john juanda and other pros, including durrrr, ziigmund, larsluzak, fullslush1, aejones and many others. many interesting spots: phil ivey busted out on 5th hand, losing to IvanLendL, the last table in round 2 was an epic battle between aejones and IvanLendL(who won again). i learned that HU can be fun. never really played hu, just watched a couple of highstakes HU videos by "internet pokers" on cardrunners.

today i tried some $2 and $5 hu sngs on titan(i have some "free manies" there) and pokerstars, won all of them(5 to be exact). all were pretty quick(less than 10 mins) except the the one where i moved in on flop with 2 pairs vs 2overcards with gutshot straight. i had only a little over 500 chips left but my opponent was so exploitble that it was only a matter of time(21mins to be exact).
hu is much simpler from theoretical perspective than fullring so i definetly shall play more hu when i move up to 50nl. opponents must be tougher though..micro husng really look like printing money. here's how i won 1 in only 4 hands:

hand #1
No Limit Holdem Tournament
$2.00+$0.20
2 players

Stacks:

BTN	deb g lpn	(1500)
BB	Hero	(1500)

Blinds: 10/20

Pre-flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is BB

deb g lpn calls 10, Hero raises to 60, <- i always rise the 1st han, i'm that weird
deb g lpn calls 40

Flop: (120, 2 players)
Hero checks, deb g lpn bets 20, Hero calls 20

Turn: (160, 2 players)
Hero bets 100, deb g lpn calls 100

River: (360, 2 players)
Hero bets 360, deb g lpn calls 360

Final Pot: 1,080
deb g lpn shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins 1,080 ( won +540 )
deb g lpn lost -540

hand #2
No Limit Holdem Tournament
$2.00+$0.20
2 players

Stacks:

BTN	Hero	(2040)
BB	deb g lpn	(960)

Blinds: 10/20

Pre-flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is BTN

Hero raises to 60, deb g lpn calls 40

Flop: (120, 2 players)
deb g lpn checks, Hero checks

Turn: (120, 2 players)
deb g lpn checks, Hero checks

River: (120, 2 players)
deb g lpn checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: 120
deb g lpn shows:
Hero shows:

deb g lpn wins 120 ( won +60 )
Hero lost -60

hand #3
No Limit Holdem Tournament
$2.00+$0.20
2 players

Stacks:

BTN	deb g lpn	(1020)
BB	Hero	(1980)

Blinds: 10/20

Pre-flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is BB

deb g lpn raises to 40, Hero folds

Final Pot: 40

deb g lpn wins 60 ( won +20 )

hand #4
No Limit Holdem Tournament
$2.00+$0.20
2 players

Stacks:

BTN	Hero	(1960)
BB	deb g lpn	(1040)

Blinds: 10/20

Pre-flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is BTN

Hero raises to 60, deb g lpn calls 40

Flop: (120, 2 players)
deb g lpn checks, Hero bets 40, <- wanted to see his reaction to a goofy bet
deb g lpn calls 40

Turn: (200, 2 players)
deb g lpn checks, Hero checks

River: (200, 2 players)
deb g lpn bets 120, <- omg omg ace on the river
Hero goes all-in 1,860, deb g lpn goes all-in 820

Final Pot: 2,080
deb g lpn shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins 3,000 ( won +1,040 )
deb g lpn lost -1,040


also had a short 25nl session, won a few $$s, nothing interesting

*edit*
i've just noticed there are 2nl cash hu tables on titan, so i sat down to play for a few minutes and stacked some guy for $5(lol) and he was really terrible. something tells me when i move up to 50nl hu variance may bitch-slap me :)