3 MISTAKES To AVOID When Playing HEADS-UP [Poker Strategy]

Learning how to play heads-up poker is crucial to increasing your win rate drastically. It is where the most money is won or lost in a tournament and it can be extremely profitable with huge edges available!

Remember that you will win if you consistently make less mistakes than your opponent. Your goal should be to make the minimal amount of mistakes that you can.

In this poker strategy segment you will learn:

- Heads-Up Preflop Strategy
- Postflop Tips To Gain An Edge
- How To Keep A Winning Mindset In Heads-Up Poker

When you are playing heads-up, you have to play a ton of hands, especially if you are in a tournament where there is a big blind ante in play. If you are just trying to wait for a good hand to try and stack your opponent then you are going to get run over preflop.


You don’t have to be perfect, focus on good fundamentals:
- Only raise or fold from the BTN
- 3-bet With A Linear Range
- Call 3-bets Often In Position

The 3 biggest mistakes that I see poker players make when playing heads up are:

1. Playing WAY too tight preflop!
2. Continuation betting too OFTEN!
3. Not Check-Raising ENOUGH!

Watch this poker video to find out the reasons behind these mistakes and Jonathan will teach you how to fix them!
On this Poker Coaching channel we cover a weekly poker topic to help improve your poker strategy!

0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Mistake #1 - Playing WAY Too Tight Preflop
2:15 - 100bbs Deep Button Raise First in (RFI)
3:19 - Playing the Big Blind vs A 2.5BB Button Raise
6:05 - Facing A Big Blind 3-Bet
8:50 - Facing A Button 4-Bet
10:11 - Mistake #2 - Continuation Betting Too Often
12:18 - Example #1 - Marginal Hands Want to Play Medium Sized Pots!
13:59 - Example #2 - When To Bluff
15:46 - Mistake #3 - Not Check-Raising Enough
16:41 - Example #3 - Check-Raising
18:16 - Example #4 - Check-Raising (2)
21:20 - Bonus Tips - Heads-Up Mindset Mistakes
23:26 - Summary Of Mistakes To Avoid When Playing Heads-Up

In order to take your poker game to the next level it is vitally important you learn all the nuances of the game.

Do you know what ranges of poker hands you should be playing from each position? When should you 3-bet, call or fold? When is the right time to make a hero call or a huge bluff? Do you know how to play preflop, flop, turn & river effectively and how should your poker strategy change depending on the street? What difference does it make if you are playing multi-way vs heads-up?


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