Heads Up Poker Strategy

September 19, 2007

Road Map to Heads Up Poker

In his article Heads Up , Tony Bromham addresses the special circumstances involved when playing Heads Up, and suggests that aggression is the only successful style. A player simply cannot be tight and wait for the good cards to come. The consistent HU winners do not abandon pots simply because they have bad cards. To win consistently HU, you must pick up the orphan pots, when neither of you have a hand. If you do not bet or raise, you can only win by showing down the best hand. Winning HU poker can be summed up in one of two words, BET or RAISE. Read more

August 13, 2007

Mix up Your Heads up Play

Heads up play is poker at its most basic, yet it's also among the trickiest aspects of the game. If you're predictable when facing only one opponent, you're going to get beat. (And when I mean only one opponent, I mean both heads up matches and situations at a full table when you constantly find yourself up against the same foe.)You'll have to mix it up, pulling off check raise bluffs and checking in position with good hands to induce bluffs. Let's take a look at a sample hand and different ways you can mix up your play. Read more

January 25, 2007

Heads Up at FullTilt Poker

It's difficult to find innovation in the poker world. In the last two years, the online world has added alternate games including Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw, Five Card Draw, and Ultime Bet's Crazy Pineapple. H-O-R-S-E and other mixed games have been added as well, tapping into the intrigue around the Big Games of Bobby's Room at the Bellagio as well as the WSOP $50k HORSE event won by Chip Reese. The most recent innovation from FullTilt Poker is a variation on a theme, one you really can't find at casinos unless it's for very large stakes. Read more

October 4, 2005

Heads Up

There are two main situations in which you might find yourself in a prolonged heads-up battle in a no limit hold’em tournament. One comes at the end of a single or multi-table tournament where everyone else has gone by the wayside and you and your opponent have all their chips. The second is in a heads-up tournament! Now, I do not regard myself as a heads-up authority for one moment. Indeed, the main thinking behind this article was to explore the temptation to believe that heads-up play is primarily a matter of luck. Read more

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