2010 March | Poker Tournaments

Free Poker Skills Heads Up and Short Handed Play

Heads up and short handed poker is much different then your normal style of poker. Much like cash games you need to see more hands and become more aggressive. Way to many times I get to the end of a long free poker tournament and the player with me just seems to give up. I start off aggressive with any Q+ or good low blind hands like J7 off suit. Although these hands are often a waste of money; here they are more often then not the best pre-flop hand.

Remember that you have to be prepared in heads up & short hand to be ready to gamble almost everything that hits on the flop & even occasionally if nothing hits.

Keep your opponent guessing while keeping an eye on his normal bet range. If anything should seem off from what he/she is usually doing its ok to lay one or two down now and again. Also in heads up A high is most often the best hand on the flop.

If your opponent decides to try and switch roles with you by betting back even bigger or frequent my best advice is to let him/her. Switch roles and see if he/she is as good at catching the awkwardly high/low bets as you were. You may find you need to switch roles with the opposing player a few times before you get the result your looking for but eventually they will break down.

During the heads up game you will see many poor losses. Commonly due to opponents playing a vast amount of hands without anyone being able to put one another on any set hand preflop. Like most things in life its better not to put all your apples in one cart unless the cart is made of iron! Cards such as AX or K9 are decent at this phase of the competition although they’re still not brilliant- I would say a decent 30% with just about any hand.

Good luck in all of your poker and free poker.

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