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HUSNG Ryan · Aug 21, 2013

Welcome to our thread, dedicated to HUSNG.com, the leading heads up poker training site. Our site offers a wide variety of articles, videos, software and more, both free and paid. We offer instruction in all forms of heads up sit and go poker (hyper turbo, turbo, regular speed), as well as heads up cash and mental game.

It is our mission to offer the highest quality content in the heads up arena, and we strive to do that with everything that we release.

Some of our free content is recognized as the best heads up poker content online. For example, the free Mersenneary Ebook contains over 60 pages of advanced heads up material from noted teacher Mersenneary. You can download the entire book totally free (no user account required), or view each page on our site in your browser (again, no user account required).

In addition to that ebook, our free poker videos forum has 300+ videos waiting to help you find what you need to get you started the right way in no limit heads up poker.

We find it important to invest in community interest projects. Our High Stakes Rail project publishes hands from the biggest names and highest stakes games, and also has mini interviews and profiles on the best players around. The weekly report in the High Stakes Rail forum is very popular, released every Sunday, covering the biggest winners of the week, as well as those that had a rough time of it. Our Heads Up Poker Profiles project is a work in progress on more detailed bios of the more interesting and successful players in the game.

Another aspect of www.husng.com is that we like to work with others. We enjoy posting free videos for the community, gathering feedback and making improvements on poker rooms. We recently were selected to help improve the Merge Network's heads up sng offerings, and we've had a hand in many other changes on other poker rooms. For example, we worked hard to petition to get the rematch button implemented on pokerstars, as well as inclusion in various promotions from the site. We've also had a hand in top structures that other poker rooms have implemented in the last year.

Premium Videos

While our free video content has helped many players improve their poker game, we do offer some premium videos that go beyond what you'll find in any heads up poker videos online. Below is a description of the very best heads up content that we offer.

What's New?

Crushing Hyper Turbo HUSNGs, a video pack by highly regarded professional players and coaches zZzTILT and phl500 has just been released. This is a complete guide to the very profitable hyper turbo HUSNG format, completely with slides, hand examples, leakfinders, live play and review. From default ranges, to adjustments, postflop play and more, you'll get a great overview and winning strategy from two very successful and experienced players. Click on the link at the top of this paragraph for a full breakdown of the entire 6+ hour video pack, complete with actual segments from the video pack. The introduction video below will help you familiarize yourself with the authors and give you an overview of the pack.

Our Other Video Pack Offerings

Full information on each of these packs (size, length, topics, preview videos, release date, release price and more) are found when you click on any individual pack.

There are direct and unedited comments below each video pack. We sometimes add recommendations from users that have seen the entire video pack and given feedback, both publicly and privately.

All video packs are completely downloadable and yours to keep for life. We give a 3 month window to download your video packs (for standard and premium packs, due to their size, if you need more time just email). We ask that users make one purchase per user. We put a lot of money back into the site to release high quality free content, and we also pay our video instructors well for the work.

Heads Up SNG Video Packs

♥Standard Video Pack - $50 - Over 400 videos that cover every popular heads up sit and go format played. Hyper turbo, turbo speed and regular speed are the main focuses of this package. Video authors with over 10 videos each include Coffeeyay, Cog Dissonance, HokieGreg, ITRIED2WARNU, Katipo, MJW006, PHMERC, PrimordialAA, RyPac13, Skates and xSCWx. You can also find videos from Sa1251, SGT RJ, Mersenneary, Heybude, Flippety Flop, Chadders0, Borg7, Bernardc, Barewire and many more.
This was a previous membership of our site, and includes videos from early 2009 until October 2012.

♥Premium Video Pack - $150 - This package includes over 800 videos, including almost 400 exclusive to the premium pack. Included in that 800+ total are the 400+ videos from the standard package. The premium exclusive videos are generally higher level videos, including some of the very best players in heads up sit and go poker. You can watch videos by h2olga/lotte lenya, skaiwalkurrr/r-quaresma, Melanie Weisner, Pistons87, Sa1251, coffeenciggz/ucnatspel, shortsharpshock/carryhero, jared hubbard, Bernardc, Croixdawg and more. Mersenneary's 60+ premium videos, the videos that revolutionized end game husng poker, are included in this package.
This was our previous premium membership, videos are from early 2009 until October 2012.

♥Hyper Turbo Masters I - $179 - Almost 6 hours of content, ranging from $100-$1,000 buyin levels from top coaches Chadders0, HokieGreg, Mersenneary, Shortsharpshock (Carryhero) and U cnat spel. Gameplay, review, leakfinder and slideshow format videos are included.

♥Chadders Hyper Turbo Pack - $150 - Over 4 hours of hyper turbo information from professional hyper player Richard "Chadders0" Chadwick. This package came out about a year ago and has received a lot of positive attention. Top hyper player Serkules recommends it to beginner and intermediate players. Concepts are broken down from "the first hand" readless play and beyond.

♥Greenbast Turbo Speed HUSNG Pack - $59 - Over 6 hours of content aimed at beginner to intermediate level players from a proven mid stakes winner and acclaimed videomaker. The newest and best turbo speed package available online.

♥Will Tipton's Heads Up No Limit Holdem Book and Video Pack - Video $59; Book $25 - Will "Sargon38" Tipton's video series is exclusively available on www.husng.com, covering almost 6 hours of content designed to compliment the book. Check out the half a dozen preview videos available on the link above. This is a more technically minded video pack, with top level game theory applicable to all heads up poker games.

♥Coffeeyay's Math Pack - $75 - Coffeeyay's Math in HUSNGs video pack contains 8 hours and 45 minutes of material. He uses a slideshow presentation format throughout the series, as he shows you the essential math, best software tools, and never before seen playerbase created charts, all designed to take your heads up sit and go game to the next level. He lays it all out in an easy to understand way.

Heads Up Cash Video Packs

♣Barewire's Heads Up NL Cash Pack - $99 - Almost 4 hours of content designed for beginner and intermediate heads up cash players from a current big winning heads up cash player. Barewire moved to Toronto post black friday, after graduating from the University of Chicago, and has averaged over $100,000 per year at the heads up cash tables since then. His previous stand alone heads up cash videos have been well received and his student feedback has been excellent over his career.

♣Barewire's Advanced HU NL Cash Class Pack - $160 - 2 hours and 45 minutes of advanced heads up cash analysis in a classroom format. Designed for mid to high stakes heads up cash player.

Other Video Packs

♦Elliot Roe Mental Game Warmup - $25 - A 15 minute mental game warm up audio MP3 file, designed specifically for heads up poker players by highly rated hypnotherapist and mental game coach Elliot Roe. We also sell a MP3 4 pack for $75.

♦Conquering Tilt Pack - $69 - Nicole "SGT RJ" is a 2p2 moderator and has a background in psychology and counseling. Her package, at just under 5 hours, focuses on identifying, controlling and eventually preventing tilt both on and off the poker table. Her youtube detilter videos have been well received and complimented.

Heads Up Displays (HUD)

♠CoffeeHUD - $99 - The top heads up sit and go HUD for PokerTracker 4. Check out the Heads Up SNG Forum Thread for testimonials and comments about this HUD. Designed by Coffeeyay and butitswrong, this is a professional level tool with many customized stats.

Feedback and Accessibility

If you have any feedback or questions, I keep myself open to everyone. You can contact me via private message here, or via email (rypac13 [at] husng.com) anytime.

I can also be available on Skype if you have any questions about the heads up poker world (software, videos, articles, coaches, poker rooms, industry, etc.), just email me and request for Skype contact.

I will update this thread periodically with free poker videos and special offers, in addition to any questions you have.

steveiam · Aug 21, 2013

Are we allowing free advertising in our threads now ?

HUSNG Ryan · Aug 21, 2013

steveiam said:
Are we allowing free advertising in our threads now ?

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the concerns here, nobody wants any spammers in their community.

To answer the question, this is an approved thread by Debi, so definitely not any free advertising/spam.

We're just here to showcase our site, help add some new users to Cardschat and bring some strategy/theory advice to the forums.

Let me know if you have any other questions, happy to be here and help in any way that I can.

Debi · Aug 21, 2013

steveiam said:
Are we allowing free advertising in our threads now ?

Yep - this is approved - we have invited them here to assist our members who are interested in playing heads up sng's.

steveiam · Aug 21, 2013

dakota-xx said:
Yep - this is approved - we have invited them here to assist our members who are interested in playing heads up sng's.

Ok great, I will study the site hopefully I can learn something.

JohnBoyWWFC · Aug 21, 2013

This is awesome. Just started playing some HU hypers, 7s on Stars and 10s on FTP, hopefully this thread will provide some good discussion!

RamdeeBen · Aug 21, 2013

This is pretty exciting having HUSNG.com being part of the forum! I've watched a fair few of the free videos over the past year, all very good which I managed to learn a lot from. I also read the free ebook too when it first came out; although I think I need a refresher on it so will be looking to read again at some point soon.

Currently back into the HUSNG hyper formats myself so really looking forward to some discussion this thread might get.

HUSNG Ryan · Aug 22, 2013

Thanks ramdeebam, and glad to be here.

A pair of free hyper turbos were recently released by us on youtube. Ph33roX is the instructor and he's a very successful ~$100 stakes professional player that just started coaching again.

Let me know what you think.

RamdeeBen · Aug 22, 2013

Just watched both videos.

Both are really good. He explains everything quite clearly and doesn't over complicate things which is always important. I definitely felt I learnt a few things from them, great videos.

odomazetov · Aug 22, 2013

A lot of things to learn , ill watch videos later thanks for a nice article! Good Luck Ryan!

JusSumguy · Aug 22, 2013

I like the vids. Straight forward and to the point.

My favorite quote -->"You should be limping about 10% of your hands on the button."

You get so many folds with a button raise HU, that it overcomes the occasional re raise.

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HUSNG Ryan · Aug 22, 2013

JusSumguy said:
I like the vids. Straight forward and to the point.

My favorite quote -->"You should be limping about 10% of your hands on the button."

You get so many folds with a button raise HU, that it overcomes the occasional re raise.

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Thanks for all the comments guys.

Jus, I agree, you get so many folds with a raise that a wide limping strategy is rarely correct. A low % of limps and a low % of folds is usually correct.

It's not extremely uncommon to find a guy that you raise 100% of buttons against either.

I'll post some more good videos as we post them! Let me know if anyone has any questions.

HUSNG Ryan · Aug 25, 2013

If you want to know how the biggest names in high stakes HUSNGs fared this week, we have the high stakes weekly report published every Sunday.

This week, Skaiwalkurrr leads the way with almost $40,000 won! Find out if mrgr33n13 got any closer to breaking the 1 million dollar pre rakeback mark, and see which PokerStars pro had a terrible week - High Stakes Report

RamdeeBen · Aug 25, 2013

Going back to the limping - I've noticed from the times I've watched serkules,this past week he has a really high limping percentage in comparison to other pros. Not sure if that's because the sample size of games I've watched him play are probably 30 or so. It might be just villain dependant but from what I've seen he seems to like to play a more limping game as opposed to raising all the time, or am I way of here?

Also; can you give me your opinion on what really sets serkules/skai apart from the other regs in the hyper format?

HUSNG Ryan · Aug 28, 2013

ramdeebam said:
Going back to the limping - I've noticed from the times I've watched serkules,this past week he has a really high limping percentage in comparison to other pros. Not sure if that's because the sample size of games I've watched him play are probably 30 or so. It might be just villain dependant but from what I've seen he seems to like to play a more limping game as opposed to raising all the time, or am I way of here?

Also; can you give me your opinion on what really sets serkules/skai apart from the other regs in the hyper format?

The answers may be somewhat related.

I haven't played Serkules in years now, but he has a reputation for being an excellent hand reader. Not that Skai or any other player at the top level is not, but it's the single thing that people mention about Serkules far above anything else.

Limping can allow you to see more flops, and play postflop in a smaller pot and adapt more to your opponent. It might also be some sample sizing, I've never heard anyone say that about Serkules, but I don't watch him play.

Skai is a great player too, he's known as a guy that plays a lot of high quality volume, doesn't really seem to tilt and has a great understanding of the game.

In general, you need to play a lot of volume to make a lot of money at poker. Unless you get lucky on one or two MTTs in a short period, you're going to have to put in time at the tables to both get good and make really big money. Not a single HUSNG player (or HU Cash I believe) is playing a few hours a week and making more than anyone else.

I'll look into the Serkules limping stuff a bit more closely since I'm really just speculating on that question.

Zorba · Aug 28, 2013

Great to have you here Ryan, HU SnG (Micro's) is my main game, maybe I will learn a thing or three.

midgetfactory · Aug 28, 2013

This looks awsome, lots of videos and reading information, willl definately be sticking around this thread. Good luck Ryan

HUSNG Ryan · Aug 28, 2013

Originally Posted by ramdeebam
Going back to the limping - I've noticed from the times I've watched serkules,this past week he has a really high limping percentage in comparison to other pros. Not sure if that's because the sample size of games I've watched him play are probably 30 or so. It might be just villain dependant but from what I've seen he seems to like to play a more limping game as opposed to raising all the time, or am I way of here?

Serk thinks it must just be a sample size issue.

He says he hardly limps compared to mrgr33n13 for example. He also says he doesn't limp first level really at all, more so 20-40 type blind situations (say 7-12.5bb stacks).

HUSNG Ryan · Aug 29, 2013

luchoggg said:
Very expensives just play poker whit my hand

Hi Luchoggg,

I'm not sure what you mean exactly. If you're referring to expensive instruction, the instruction is designed for players with a professional interest in poker, or a larger budget for a casual (entertainment) player.

But the reason we've released ~300 free videos and a 60+ page ebook free is so that players that can't afford or aren't ready to pay money can have great material to learn from as well.

The quality of the free videos and ebook is really good too. They aren't "second level" material we just decided to make free. The ebook, many regulars were asking us to sell for $100s of dollars, and the free videos are similar to what you would find in our entry level membership option prior to us switching to the video pack format.

Akorps · Aug 29, 2013

Thanks, looks like a great site! I went there and made an account

ScottishMatt · Aug 29, 2013

I'm needing a new format to learn while I grind my regular game (6max cash). Wondering how difficult the transition is, and how lucrative the HU SNG's are on Stars?

HooDooKoo · Aug 29, 2013

ScottishMatt said:
I'm needing a new format to learn while I grind my regular game (6max cash). Wondering how difficult the transition is, and how lucrative the HU SNG's are on Stars?

It depends on what kind of player you are. If you're a LAG, then the transition shouldn't be too tough. If you're a TAG, you'll likely take some lumps unless you're very patient.

I was a very successful limit player who didn't much care for NL cash games or MTTs, so I switched to HU SNG. I was a rock, and the adjustment was tough for me. I broke even for a long stretch before I adjusted to the aggression required to be a successful HU player.

There is VERY good money in HU SNGs of you become a top player. I'm an American making $150K per year and I'd quit my job to play full-time on Stars if I were able to do so.

I'd recommend reading Collin Moshman's HU SNG book before you play (and/or using the online training materials that are available).

Best of luck.

-HooDooKoo

HUSNG Ryan · Sep 1, 2013

ScottishMatt said:
I'm needing a new format to learn while I grind my regular game (6max cash). Wondering how difficult the transition is, and how lucrative the HU SNG's are on Stars?

We just interviewed Dan "mrGR33N13" Colman who reached 1 million pre rakeback profit on PokerStars this month. Nobody has ever done this before in HUSNGs (or any SNGs I believe), and he's done it before September (he's made six figures on FTP as well).

While the highest stakes aren't always indicative of lower stakes, it currently is fairly similar, the better players at most stakes are doing very well in the profit category.

Like any game, it is going to require work. But with 6 max cash, if you've had some success, I'd imagine you are used to playing at least a medium amount of hands, and probably have learned some positional aggression. While there are so many differences between these games, you'll find that those skills will carry over. If you're already a winner in 6 max cash, just be careful you don't get too ****y. A lot of players that are good at other games come into HUSNGs (and vice versa) and think the players suck, the regs suck, and they will just roll them over. Most of these guys lose money for awhile, claim the game is rigged then quit that game. Don't fall into that fallacy, work hard, work on improving decision making, and you'll find a great and profitable game.

Let me know if you have any questions and if you decide to give it a shot, please update us on your progress.

JohnBoyWWFC · Sep 1, 2013

Anyone else curious what word was blocked out?

HUSNG Ryan · Sep 3, 2013

JohnBoyWWFC said:
Anyone else curious what word was blocked out?

Ah, it's a word the filter blocks because of a similar word with an entirely different meaning.

I wrote rocky, but with a c instead of r, meaning overconfident. So it can just read "don't be so overconfident."

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