Should I raise every time preflop with position?

[Indiana]

OP,

With respect to NL HU SNGs, raising every hand is a bad idea because the opponent will pick up on it and render the move unprofitable when the blinds go up. What I do is try the raise/CB a few scattered times (likely with good hands) at level 1 to see if it will work against villan. If it works, I open up and really start doing it at a higher frequency at level 2, and level 3 if he's lucky enough to make it that far (most arent).

GL,

Indy

[neverforgetlol]

check the section in HPFAP about this.

[Indiana]

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check the section in HPFAP about this.


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With regards to what?

Indy

[FloppyJ]

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Post your favorite links used when studying heads-up, including previous discussions on 2+2 or other forums.

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http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...&PHPSESSID=

[BigBiceps]

limit: no.
no-limit: most likely no, but depends on stack sizes.

If the opponent is a "frequent folder" preflop then the answer changes to yes.

[CrushU]

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check the section in HPFAP about this.

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Hasn't it been debated that the suggestions in HPFAP are a bit too tight for HU play?

[JaredL]

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check the section in HPFAP about this.

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Hasn't it been debated that the suggestions in HPFAP are a bit too tight for HU play?

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I don't think so. The short-handed section discusses in depth what you have to do heads up to an opponent that raises preflop and bets every street to avoid having their strategy be +EV against you. The flip side of this is obviously important, if your opponents aren't doing what they suggest then you can be in a +EV situation by raising preflop and betting every flop, only reconsidering if raised. It doesn't get much more loose than that.

So that section describes just what the OP is looking for - if you find that your opponents aren't doing enough of what HPFAP suggests (basically calling loosely and especially raising loosely) then you should be jamming it until you face some aggression back at you. As pointed out here and in the book it's probably not a good move to always do this as they will catch on and start playing closer to correctly and the EV lost from that is much bigger than the EV lost from folding a few hands.

Jared

[CrushU]

I will have to reread the section, Its been a while since ive read it. I think a Jason Pohl(sp?) article was where I read something about adding more hands than what HPFAP suggests.

[JaredL]

Could be, I also should reread it. I think they are giving the minimum necesary to negate the edge the other guy could have by jamming every hand. I don't think it's possible that it's too tight because if your opponent folded some hands you should respond by tightening up so their advice is probably on the loose side.

Being more aggressive could be better but I'm guessing that it's not too tight.

Jared

[PokerDork]

I think a more in depth analysis needs to be done, as I have definitely won money while raising every hand on the button, but the results/sample size don't show anything conclusive versus playing relatively tighter. It has been mentioned that occassionally folding will force your opponents to make more mistakes (i.e. many opponents virtually never fold the flop with K-high, A-high, two overs, and over+gutshot, etc. which are usually mathematically correct.) It does, however, against novice opponents gain you equity when they fold and it's a mistake, and, player dependent, it can gain you a ton of action on the big bet streets. I believe, and will further investigate, that the combination of fold equity (pf and flop),excess action, and turn/river mistakes of these opponents makes up for any EV you sacrifice by raising -EV hands preflop.