Poker Guy: A heads up on heads-up play
IF YOU PLAY poker online, you find many different games and tables, each of which emphasizes different skill sets. Cash games are different from tournaments, and nine-player tables generally call for strategies that might not work as well in heads-up matches.
Heads-up play has grown in popularity, starting with NBC's annual National Heads-Up Championship and extending to a bracelet event in the World Series of Poker. One of the keys to successful heads-up play is an acute awareness of where you stand in a hand, particularly with meager holdings.
