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Porra15's picture
Is this site good for a MTT Reg?

Hello guys. I am a MTT Reg. I play mostly mid-high stakes online MTTs so I would like to ask if this site will help me improve my game at the HU stage of a MTT?I never really studied HU so I would like to know if there is any specific videos for HU in MTTs. I think there are some differences from a HU at the end of a MTT and a SnG-HU such as antes, blind levels and so on....  

supersize's picture
if your playing mostly deep

if your playing mostly deep stack MTT's (3000+ stacks, rebuys, 15+ minute levels, etc.) then i would have to believe the concepts you will learn in the HU vids here will be very usefully. most pots in MTT are going to be HU by the flop so much of what you will learn here will be helpful for postflop play.

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I would imagine that most of

I would imagine that most of your heads up situations are going to be shorter stack situations (where one player has 30bb in their stack or less at heads up play). To start, this site is basically for heads up play up to 75bbs in stack depth.  We do have some deeper stacked heads up videos, but 95% of what you see here is going to be for 75 effective bbs or less.If you do find that most situations are 30bb or less when heads up in mtts, these videos should be of good value to you:End Game Starting Point Videos (Beginner and Intermediate) Mersenneary Video 8 - Student footage is used to introduce basic end game theory.  Discussion on how continuation bet sizing from the small blind and preflop flat calling ranges from the big blind change when playing at short effective stacks. RyPac13 Video 09 - RyPac goes over the basics of the end game with a hand by hand demonstration through a replayer.  He then plays a pair of matches to demonstrate some of the concepts he discussed.  This video references the NASH Equilibrium. Fydor_8 Video 11 - Fydor reviews a student's end game in this video.  The visual quality of this video is sub par, however the content quality is very high for beginner players.  PrimordialAA Video 20 - End game concepts demonstrated on the original Full Tilt super turbo structure (10bb effective starting stacks), including some math and graphs at the end of the video. PrimordialAA Video 21 - End game concepts demonstrated on the Cake network's super turbo structure from the $12 to $250 buyin levels.Super Turbo Heads Up SNG Videos (Beginner and Intermediate) *Note* End game videos can be applied to super turbo strategy and vice versa.  This is because super turbo heads up sng structures only take place in short stack situations, commonly referred to as "end game" situations. Cog Dissonance Super Turbo Heads Up SNG Guide - Good primer for players starting out in this structure.  Powerpoint slides with concepts are featured as well as hands being replayed in between slides to demonstrate various concepts.  Cog Dissonance Super Turbo Series Part 1 (Starting out) - $2 + .10 level super turbo games are played.  Cog Dissonance Super Turbo Series Part 2 - $5 + .15 and $10 + .25 level super turbo games are played.--------There are plenty more videos that focus on this area of the game too.  All of the above videos are available in the standard membership, which is $25 a month.  You can also utilize our strategy forums to post hands and ask questions applicable to your specific situations.There are also some very advanced end game videos (mostly by Mersenneary) in our premium membership package, but I would advise that you start out with the standard membership first and make sure that this site is for you. 

BA Baracus's picture
Absolutely +EV

Join this site.  The skills you will learn here should transfer well in MTT's.    I used to be a lowstakes MTT reg, but switched because of time restraints.  When I first joined, I studied hard.. exclusively played HUSNG's for a few months.   I played hundreds of matches vs. all kinds of opponents.   One weekend I decided to go back to MTT's... just to see how bad my MTT game had gotten.  I played OnDemand MTT's on FTP.  I was WAAAAAAY too loose and flamed out off some early.  I tighten up and did better.  It's funny how well I was putting people on hands.   When they connected.. or not.  Recognizing good boards to reraise, etc.   Eventually I got HU in one with a 3:1 chip disadvantage.  And it wasn't even close.  I pretty much destroyed villain. It wasn't because I'm the greatest HU player.  I was comfortable and confident.  I had been here before.  I wasn't desperate. I've been down as low as 5BB's and come back to win tourneys many, many times. When I got HU and had 20-something BB's, I felt I had won the tournament.  Bottomline: The average random MTT player... and that includes winning MTT players... doesn't practice HU that often.  Not as often as I.  I experience HU every day, hundreds of times every month.   If you're an experienced HUSNG player, you should be able to confidently identify and exploit what he is doing.