Updating this old thread...
I thought I posted about it at the time, but I can't find it anywhere. JJ Liu sat down and played me about a month ago, and she beat me. She was easily the "worst" pro I've played. That put me to 3-3 lifetime against the FT Pros.
Today, Martin Klaeser sat down with me. I didn't even know he was a pro until I happened to notice the red in the tourney lobby. I've never heard of him, nut he was easily the best of the bunch I've played HU to date.
I managed to win though, mostly thanks to this a big cooler hand where I flopped top set with KK and he made two pair catching both his A and 9 on the turn and river (I played the hand well and doubled up).
Finished him off here:
Full Tilt Poker Game #6401849561: $200 + $10 Heads Up Sit & Go (48691287), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:17:02 ET - 2008/05/13
Seat 1: Martin Klaeser (425)
Seat 2: Troll Pie (2,575)
Martin Klaeser posts the small blind of 25
Troll Pie posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Troll Pie [As 9c]
Martin Klaeser raises to 425, and is all in
Troll Pie calls 375
Martin Klaeser shows [Tc 9d]
Troll Pie shows [As 9c]
*** FLOP *** [3h 6d Ah]
*** TURN *** [3h 6d Ah] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 6d Ah 6h] [Jc]
Martin Klaeser shows a pair of Sixes
Troll Pie: gg
Troll Pie shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
Troll Pie wins the pot (850) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Martin Klaeser stands up
Troll Pie stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Board: [3h 6d Ah 6h Jc]
Seat 1: Martin Klaeser (small blind) showed [Tc 9d] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: Troll Pie (big blind) showed [As 9c] and won (850) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
4-3.
My very unofficial ranking of the pros I've played to date, based on HU SNG skill alone (very small sample size, mind you):
Martin Klaeser (1-0)
Jennifer Harman (2-2)
Barry Boatman (1-0)
JJ Liu (0-1)
I'd play JJ Liu all day long, but I think I'd actually avoid Klaeser - and I don't say that about very many people HU. His style is exploitable, but I'd prefer to play the passive types than the very aggro ones.
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