Almost all hands you play heads-up will come down to a battle of two unpaired cards. If most hands are won by high card, or one pair, having an ace becomes a big deal. These are just numbers to help get your head around starting-hand requirements in heads-up versus a full ring. The reason is simple: you don't get a call every time you push.
You are almost guaranteed to get a call when the person has a hand that seriously dominates your own and a fold when they have junk.
The numbers in this article are just one way to help make you comfortable playing at the aggression level needed to dominate heads-up poker. The better a player you are, the more aggressive you can be without being reckless. The more aggressive you can be as a heads-up player, the more often you'll find yourself winning the match.
You have to play heads-up in the mind-set that any pair is good until proven otherwise. Remember, the majority of hands heads-up are won by a high card or a single pair. Having any pair puts you ahead of all high-card hands. Any pair is good until proven otherwise. But don't interpret this to mean you should get married to your hands.
Even if you have AA, it's typically between a and favorite to win. You need to walk the thin line of being massively aggressive without getting married to your hands. This is why heads-up poker is so read-based. At a full table, it's almost never a good idea to be calling large bets with nothing but an ace-high no pair, no draw. The same play heads-up can be the correct play more often than not, depending on the other player and the reads you can get from them.
What if the person you're playing against has taken control and is the aggressor? You have two choices to deal with someone taking control of the match:. If you have the read that your opponent is playing a strictly aggro game you have to deduce if the player is willing to back down from a show of greater aggression or not. If the other player has a strong read on you they might be willing to push on you anytime you come over the top, knowing you're only doing it to take a stand -- not because you have a big hand.
Pushing against them every time they show aggression can work in your favor sometimes but it removes all strategy from your game. You will get stacked every time they fall into a monster. Being a calling station is always a bad thing at a full table. Playing heads-up it can be a very strong, advanced strategy to deal with an aggressor.
If you can put the other player on a hand and can figure out the odds of that hand versus yours, including letting them see fourth and fifth street, then you can defeat them by calling. A true calling station is someone who is unable to get a read and who therefore won't fold in the face of certain defeat knowing only the two cards they hold. Heads up poker also requires a completely different strategic approach than the one players typically use versus multiple opponents. Here are some tips for heads up poker, presented as a quick rundown of five important ways heads up poker differs from playing multiple opponents on a larger table, including some tips for how to win at heads up poker.
One of the first things new poker players often learn is the importance of starting hand selection. You want to play strong hands often, weak hands less so. You always want to play A-A, K-K, Q-Q, and A-K, you often want to play other big aces, big kings, big and medium and sometimes small pairs, and other nice starters like suited connectors. Hands falling outside of this range tend to require other reasons for playing them. When learning how to play heads up poker, you have to adjust your range of starting hands.
You have to play more hands than you would otherwise. Probabilities dictate this difference. Against just one other random hand, it is likely ahead. Folding a lot of hands costs you a lot more than it would in a full-ring game. In a full-ring game, reaching the river with just ace-high or one pair may not be such an advantageous situation.
There are straight and flush possibilities and two higher board cards. Depending on the action and number of players involved, you might be reasonably certain your hand is not best. Heads up, though, that pair of tens could well be a winner. Your opponent could still have you crushed, but the odds that is the case are lower in this situation than in the full-ring game.
Even experienced ones who mostly play tournaments are sometimes confused by it, since actually getting to play heads up is relatively rare. According to heads up poker rules, the dealer posts the small blind and the other player posts the big blind.
The first card is dealt to the player in the Big Blind. The dealer acts first pre-flop and the big blind acts first on the flop, turn, and river. The dealer always goes last on the flop, turn, and river. When only two players remain, special 'head-to-head' or 'heads up' rules are enforced and the blinds are posted differently.
The dealer acts first before the flop. After the flop, the dealer acts last and continues to do so for the remainder of the hand.
Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. If the player chooses to raise, they must wager 3x the ante bet. If they check, the betting round ends and play proceeds. Once the initial round of betting is over, three community cards are dealt face-up. This is referred to as the flop. If the player opted to check pre-flop, they would now have the option to raise 2x the ante.
After the second round of betting has finished, two more community cards are dealt.
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