Heads Up

Heads up play is one of the fastest growing games in the Texas Hold ‘Em world. Heads up offers players a very fast paced game with a ton of potential action, and the possibility of great rewards in a short session. Heads up tends to favor aggressive players who like to gamble a bit. It’s a game of knowing how many times you have to be right to be profitable, and knowing when to fold.

When playing heads up, you can not afford to wait, you must play aggressively. A lot of tight players have trouble when they get heads up because they want to wait for the premium hands. You simply can not do this and win. Q 7 is called the computer hand because heads up, it is a 51% favorite against any two cards. What this means for you is that if you have Q 7 or better, you should probably be playing it.

Heads up is also a game of blind stealing. It is thought that a player could possibly raise from the small blind every time, and pick up the big blind, and there are many players who utilize this strategy. The idea is that you will win more hands by the other player folding than you will lose if they call can play it out. When encountering this type of player, you must play back at them, let them know it’s going to cost them more than a 3 X raise if they want to play that game.

Reading you opponent is also imperative heads up, because they can be playing with such a wide range of hands. Knowing there betting patterns and tells can pay off immensely in a heads up match. The best way to get better heads up is to play! Heads up sit n go’s and micro stakes heads up games are available all over the web, but remember, practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

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