What is the best Heads up Texas Holdem stradegy??

Question

i hate poker...

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Figure it out yourself.  We might have to play eachother someday.

Answer 3

Your starting hand requirements should go far below what you would have at a full table.  For example, at a full table you probably would not play A2o from early position.  But heads up, you should come in for a hefty raise preflop.  You are trying, at a minimum, to steal the blind.  If you get called, that's ok too.  If you spike an A on the flop you probably have the best hand.  If the board is ragged (i.e. a lot of low un-coordinated cards) you can steal the pot with a continuation bet.

Your mantra preflop should be "Any Ace or any Face" which means if you have any Ace or face card in your hand, you should come in for a raise.  You also should play any pair or any suited connector or suit gapper.

Also, you should NEVER limp into a pot preflop and NEVER let your opponent limp in.  If you decide to play a hand come in with a raise.  If you are in the big blind and your opponent just calls, raise him/her a few times even if you have nothing.  Chances are he/she will lay the hand down.  If he/she calls this is fine too.  If you miss the flop you can probably take the pot down with a continuation bet.  If you hit the flop and take down the pot it will be more demoralizing to your opponent and may put him/her on tilt.

Aggressive raising preflop puts added pressure on your opponent.  After you have raised him a number of times when he limps in, he/she will become timid and not want to commit money to the pot with less than ideal hands.  This is an added benefit to you.  You now know when your opponent comes into the pot preflop, he has some kind of a hand.

If you have raised preflop and got called, you should make a continuation bet on the flop a majority of time even if you missed the flop.  A lot of the time your opponent will give up the pot.  If he/she plays back at you can get away from the hand.

So, in a nutshell, to play heads up, lower your starting hand requirements and aggressively raise preflop.  Follow-up your preflop raise with continuation bets.  The strategy is AGGRESSION, AGGRESSION, AGRESSION!