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Playing heads-up is the nearest you will ever get to feeling like you’re playing Russian roulette with Christopher Walken in the Deer Hunter. There may well not be a firearm to your brain, except going toe to toe at the poker table is really a high tension situation.

And when you cannot beat this aspect of the game then there’s no likelihood that you will have the ability to accomplish your dream win, like American Chris Moneymaker.

Moneymaker busted opposition out by means of a number of web based satellite tournaments on his approach to winning the WSOP Principal Event in Las Vegas in ‘03, capturing $3.6 million when he bumped out his last opponent on the final table. Neither Moneymaker nor this year’s winner, Australian Joe Hachem, had played in major US tournaments just before but both demonstrated that as well as betting the cards they had been experienced at bullying an opponent in individual combat.

Heads-up is much like a game of chicken – you do not will need the fastest automobile or, in this situation, the very best hand. The nerves to stay on target and not deviate from the line as soon as the pedal has hit the metal are far far more vital qualities. This kamikaze attitude could obtain you into trouble if you crash your Route 66 racer into a monster pick-up truck, but without it you may as well walk away from the table before you even put down your 1st blind.

The most critical factor to remember is that you don’t want the very best hand to succeed; it doesn’t make a difference what cards you receive dealt if the other individual folds. If they throw in their 10-8 and you are perched there with an 8-6 you still get the chips. In heads-up you may justifiably contest any pot with just one court card and virtually any pair is worth pumping.

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