The hand plays

The hand plays out and you rake a large pot by betting the entire time. Drew called every bet because he felt like you were bullying him. Again, this was SET UP from the bluff that we showed a few hands earlier.

Drew wins the next few pots and we’re dealt a 9-10 of diamonds. We’ve got the button again so you make a $1000 pre-flop raise. Do we want Drew to call here?

Who cares, 9-10 of diamonds isn’t a bad hand. You may catch a good flop or may steal another after the flop.

Drew actually goes over the top for $5000 more. We think for a while with no intention of calling the raise. We just want to make Drew sweat a bit. Finally we throw over our cards and say, “I can’t call, I’ve just got suited connectors.”

Once again, this lets Drew know that we will raise with a VARIETY of hands. Now Drew is steaming. He was probably holding a monster like kings or aces and expected our aggressive play to call his raise. Nope, we are not aggressive.

We are aggressively SMART.

We know when to muck a hand and when to play a hand.

The very next hand we’re dealt pocket queens. Drew simply calls the small blind and the action is on us. We make a $3000 pre-flop raise that we are sure Drew will call.

This is where our 9-10 and 5-6 moves pay off. We are going to get a call out of Drew with a mediocre hand. He calls and the flop hits J,9,3. The hand plays out and we rake a very large pot.

A few hands later we look down to see a monster. Pocket aces. Drew calls the small blind and the action is on us. We pound our fist against the table to check.

This isn’t a bad strategy in a heads-up game. Your chances of being ran-down is greatly reduced with just the 2 of you. Plus, we have been playing rather aggressively and want to show weakness here.

The flop hits 9,2,K and Drew feels as though he has the upper-hand with his 9- 10. He throws out a $1000 bet that we call. The turn is a 3, which doesn’t put anything scary on the board. There isn’t really a draw out there. Drew is 1st to act again and throws out a $2000 bet. We simply call.

We feel as though we have the best hand and are going to let Drew fire away. The river card is an ace, which gives us our trips.

Drew fires a $5000 bet at us. We think for a while and then announce that we are going to raise. “I’m all in” as we push our entire stack into the middle. We feel as though Drew will call this because he has half of his chips invested already. Plus, it looks as though we are bullying again.

The rest is history.

Drew is so far off his game right now that it’s like taking candy from a baby.

THAT, my friend, is how you have to play heads-up poker.

Mix up your style of play and try to frustrate your opponent. The best phrase for it is PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE. You will find that it will throw them off their game and it will benefit you. Give the strategy a try and let me know if it works for you.

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If you’ve ever invested any serious money into a pot, when a draw busts, it feels like you just got kicked in the “nuts” (pun intended.)

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I just laugh.

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