I'm not the best heads up player

[zeprushqueenvanh]

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400
(Ante: t25)
2 players
Converter


Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is SB with J;A
Hero raises to t1200, BB raises to t3000, Hero raises all-in t8995, BB calls all-in t1455.
Uncalled bets: t4540 returned to Hero.


I would just like some honest feed back on this hand. I just registered for 2+2 and I'm trying to get better. Thanks

[Poisoned]

shove, looks like hes around 10 bb

[kyro]

post stacks. stacks are king in SNGs.

Open-pushing PF when he has 11BB is unexploitable.

[Collin Moshman]

Hi Zep,

First, this was a 9-handed SNG, right? So you had 9000 to 4500 chip lead going into this hand, correct?

That being said, I think you played the hand just fine. With a hand as strong as AJ in high blind heads up play, you want to get all your chips in the center pre-flop.
Shoving immediately certainly works, and is your best play particularly if Villain is a loose caller and might call off 11BB or so with a marginal hand. But a standard raise works fine too, and you should be perfectly content to get action when he reraises. (Although since you are posting this hand, my guess is Villain flipped AQ+ or QQ+ -- in which case, that's poker...)

Best Regards,
Collin

[Inyaface]

Shove pf is ok. Raise is ok if you never fold..ever