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Online Poker
> Poker Games Strategy
February 05, 2012
Heads Up Strategy
Heads-Up refers to when only two players are in the pot. For example, a
one-on-one game is a head-up match. Another example of heads-up is if
one player raises pre-flop and only one player calls. The pot is
heads-up at the flop since there are only two players competing for the pot.
Bluffing - Pushing your opponent out of pots: Most of the time in
heads-up poker, you and your opponent won't hit anything on the flop. This
is where bluffing and aggression come in, because you ALWAYS want to
take down the pot if you and your opponent have nothing. The flop is like
the introductory sword fight, where you declare your intent to fight
and your opponent stops to decide and walks away or challenges you back.
A lot of feints and fakes take place on the flop. Once the turn comes,
that's where the real action is, because with good precision, you can
make a lot happen with a check-raise bluff or a raise behind the action.
If your opponent was merely feinting an attack on the flop, you will
have caught him with his pants down, regardless of what you have. Looking
and observing for those subtle patterns or timings from your opponent
is the key to this tactic. Sometimes you simply toss one out to see what
happens. In the event you get caught red-handed, then you switch to a
no-BS mode and draw your opponent in for the kill by using your own
bluffer's image to your own advantage.
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