The Bigger They Bet, The Harder They Fall



I’ll admit it.  I have a major leak in my sit-and-go game.  I am simply not very good heads-up.  Sure, I can win, but not nearly as often as I’d like when I get into the final two, even if I go in as the chip leader.  I just always seem to do the wrong thing at the wrong time.  There is one kind of player, however, that I do seem to have success against in the heads-up portion of a tournament: the massive overbettor. This type of player is super-aggressive post-flop with any sort of decent, yet not monster, hand.  If he hits a pair on the flop or even finds himself with a solid draw, he will likely way overbet the pot, even to the point of going all-in, in order to protect his hand.  He will pretty much always raise pre-flop in position (since it’s heads-up, this obviously means on the button), even more than a good player normally would, and will try to beat you into submission with continuation bets after the flop.  Really, unless the board looks ultra-scary, he is not likely to take his foot off the gas once he becomes the aggressor.  Fortunately, the overbettor, ...

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