Heads-Up Poker Tournaments

How a Heads-Up Event Works

• Matches: two players start with equal stacks and play until one has all the chips.
• Bracket: winners advance round by round, like a knockout cup; the field size usually fits a bracket of 16, 32 or 64.
• Byes: when the field does not fill the bracket, some players start in the second round.

How to Play Heads-Up

• Play many hands: with only two players, very wide ranges are correct.
• Adapt to your opponent: you face one player the whole match, so reads matter more than anywhere else.
• Use position: the button is the small blind and acts first before the flop, last after it.

Heads-Up at Live Festivals in Asia

The lists on this page come from our festival database and update as organizers publish their schedules and results.