Heads-up poker, particularly in lower-stakes, pot-limit games is a great way for an aggressive player to build their bankroll quickly, but it does require more than just guts to get ahead when playing one-on-one against someone who likely has the same agenda as you. Some of the basics of the game as played with multiple opponents still apply, but they’ll need to be modified for the duel.
Pre-Flop
In heads-up games, you’re dealing with a greater variety of cards in play at any given time, simply because there’s only two players with a deck of 52 cards, meaning that there are 1326 different pocket card combinations for each of you. Read more…
