Heads Up STTs

Another popular form of single table tournament poker are the heads up games, which will see you and one more person fight in a winner take all match. Not only are they a great way to make money if you have a big edge, they are excellent practice for when you find yourself heads up in a STT or MTT playing for a much bigger prize.

You only ever double your money in heads up matches, but unlike double up STTs you have to play for the win. There is no bubble in a heads up STT, which means to win you have to win all the chips in play. This is why superior poker skill, rather than a tight survival strategy, is needed.

There is a big difference between a heads up STT and getting heads up in a tournament. That difference is that heads up in a tournament usually means you and your opponent have shallow stacks as the blinds have been going up constantly, but in a heads up STT you start with a full deep stack of 75-100 big blinds. This means you can’t just go shoving all in with ace high, you have to pick your spots a little better and get your money in when you know you have the goods.

Observation and memory are very important in heads up STTs, you should be spending the first few levels studying and profiling your opponent to work out the best strategy against them. You can have a massive edge on certain opponents in heads up games which is why they are so profitable when you do it right, and don’t forget to offer the weaker opponents a rematch to stop anyone else from getting in on the action before you can.

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