Playing HU poker with a small bankroll

[vlerk]

Thanks for everyone's advice! I will be playing the $11 turbo's for now until I have a decent bankroll (if it turns out I'm actually beating them). According to some BR managements threads I have read, I could start playing the $22's with a $500 roll. Would you say that's a wise thing to do or should only proven winners do this?

I would also like to post a small brag here (variance is a more correct term [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]). These are all the hands of my last 3 SNGs:

First SNG
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Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, BB calls t40.

Flop: (t120) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t200</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t700</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t1440</font>, Hero calls t740 (All-In).

Turn: (t3000) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t3000) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t3000

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has Ad 4d (one pair, aces).
Hero has 5c 6h (two pair, sixes and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t3000. </font>

Second SNG
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Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, BB calls t40.

Flop: (t120) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t80</font>, BB folds.

Final Pot: t120

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Hero (t1560)
Button (t1440)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t40</font>, Hero calls t20.

Flop: (t80) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t60</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t200</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t1400</font>, Hero calls t1200.

Turn: (t2880) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t2880) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t2880

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 4c As (full house, fours full of aces).
Button has Jc Js (two pair, jacks and fours).
Outcome: Hero wins t2880. </font>
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Third SNG
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (2 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, BB calls t40.

Flop: (t120) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t80</font>, BB calls t80.

Turn: (t280) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t220</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t1360</font>, Hero calls t1140 (All-In).

River: (t3000) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t3000

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has Ad Jd (two pair, aces and eights).
Hero has 7c 5d (straight, nine high).
Outcome: Hero wins t3000. </font>

[daveT]

Variance in all of it's manifestations.

gl;

btw, just shove those flops.

[LordMushroom2]

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If you master one form of poker it is incredibly likely that you can master at least one other form of it.

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But not to the degree you would if you only focused on one form of poker.

[shat4brains]

a lot of the top players dont just play NLHE they will play PLO LO8 HORSE ect....

[Deewhizzle]

Playing Heads up cash with that many buy-ins, is truly a bad idea. there are plenty of easily beatable games all the way u;p to to the $33 husng on both FTP&amp;Stars. stick to hu sng till u get to 30 buy in at 100nl.

[TruGrinder]

Yea man you can make good money playing the 33 dollar HU sngs on pokerstars. Just play those build up a bankroll and sharkscope some of the 55s and 110s when u get there. You'll make money guranteed.

[LordMushroom2]

[ QUOTE ]
a lot of the top players dont just play NLHE they will play PLO LO8 HORSE ect....

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But if they could play one type of game without going bored, they would be better at that type of game than if they played other types as well.

[shat4brains]

playing games other than NLHE will undoutably help your NLHE game

[ChicagoRy]

You reach a point where you learn a lot less about one game than you would studying another. I don't think I'm too close to getting there, but if you're grinding the 550s or something for a steady profit I'm sure it's likely that you'll learn more in the same time studying a new game.

[daveT]

There are concepts that you will never be able to grasp if you only play one game, ergo, you will not be able to master any form of poker without learning another form.