One of the most up and coming forms of poker play, heads up is fast becoming one of the most popular and genuine forms of the sport.
If you’re aware of NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship, or the annual World Heads-Up Poker Championship held is Spain it will come as no surprise to you that heads up poker play is currently experiencing a popularity hitherto unknown.
Heads up put simply is the meat in the poker sandwich; it’s the excitement of the final two competitors right from the beginning! Heads up poker play enables 2 players to face off directly, making this not only the most personal of all forms of poker, but also only advisable for the very skilled, and those who can handle intense situations. Unlike regular tournament play where there’s space to breath, and time to take it easy, in heads up play, it’s all go, all the time.
Heads up poker tournaments aren’t just found at big championships and on TV, they are also to be found in poker rooms across the land, and in online sites, the latter of which has propelled its players, or rather its winners into the public limelight.
Those who have succeeded in this highly skilled game come from strong tournament backgrounds, show incredible adaptability in their play, and are able to play aggressively throughout.
Heads-up play has been responsible for some of the most impressive poker moments of the last year or so, with literally millions of dollars swinging from one code-named internet player to another, and it all happens so fast!
Surely, with the backing its getting and the entertainment it provides, people can’t seem to stay away from this new found fun, and it’s surely set to be the next big poker thing!