Among all varieties of poker tournaments , except tournaments in the format " Shootout " tournaments on the game of one-on - one are the only ones where the structure consists of independent games, each of which lasts several dozen hands and " life of its own ." Good game in any of the matches during the tournament will not affect the value of your stack in future matches and does not give any handicaps .
Whenever completed match starts all over again , but with a new enemy, which you most likely have never seen before .
A key skill in the heads-up is the ability to understand the style and psychology of his opponent. Assuming that the opponent is unknown to us , and the tournament structure is relatively good , the 25-30 hands should be enough to understand about what type of player he relates .
The aim is to recognize the main features of the enemy and take advantage of its weaknesses . However, we are faced with an even more important task. At that time , while we try to figure out who is sitting across from us , we will still be subjected to exactly the same "analysis" . Therefore, we need to constantly change your game . We should not allow the enemy to read us , varying his preflop , their starting hands and their game after the flop . Never play monotonous and predictable.
Aggressiveness is an important quality in such disciplines as poker alone . I also had to work hard to seize his game in this discipline , and it was a long and difficult path . Obviously, in the heads-up you can not wait for a good hand or be too tight or passive.
If the opponent is passive , the best way to punish him is to attack as often as possible . However, if you play it all the time , then in the end he will take action and begin to counterattack us raise as a bluff or heroically equalize rates in our bluff. Therefore, we need to vary the image, sometimes going into limp preflop ( if the opponent is not aggressive, he probably will not make a raise ), and sometimes abandoning classical continuation bet on the flop. Once we have enough disguise their image will be again start to attack and bluff.
Remember: heads-up can not just sit and wait for a good starter.
If the opponent is aggressive, we should not give him more leeway.
But at the same time we cannot wait for a good hand. We need to alternate your game,
not to let him take control of the situation. If at the beginning of the match
we dropped preflop three bad hands in a row, the next hand will be suddenly to
raise or re-raise, regardless of our cards. Playing against a player of this type,
in the big blind, we can safely increase the number of hands that will equalize
the raise, but from time to time we will need to rearrange the opponent re-raised.
Against aggressive players I sometimes open limp preflop and then discards his hand,
if they do raise. Later, when I have a good hand, I also go in with her limp,
but if they do raise, I have removed their 3 -bet. Often, this trick allows me
to pick up a big pot.
Another useful technique in the game of one-on - one - is
delayed continuation bet: after I attacked on the flop, on the flop, I do
check, and if the opponent is also going to check, then put on any turn. This
game can confuse the opponent, forcing him to think that I used slowplaying flop.
Try this trick, but use it only occasionally, and the next time when there will
be a similar game situation, play differently.
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