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Beyond everything normally discussed, when playing heads up it's important to keep track of your opponents level of frustration, how loose he thinks your playing, how much bluff equity you have, how much contempt he's feeling. Imagine a wave in slow motion as it licks up and down a reed. All these things in similar fashion are growing or fading in your opponents mind all time. Sometimes getting in sink with your opponents emotional rythem will let you influence and control it. It helps you to know when to push because it's likely to be believed and when to push because the villian can't believe anything you do. You want your opponent to think your stealing when your not and think you've got a strong hand when you don't.

Heads up at high blind multiples (high M's) is very much a post flop game, as the stacks shrink relative to the blinds it becomes a preflop game. Noticing when your opponent makes this switch is important as it effects how he's going to react to you.

These are just a few of the "deeper" things to think about in heads up play.

If your thinking heads up is just a bunch of herky-jerk moves with no more skill or meaning than pushing the spin button on a slot machine then your not thinking about it deep enough.

Dave