There are two different scenarios where we will find ourselves playing heads up poker.

1. We are playing a heads up 🛡 cash game. Either we are deliberately choosing to play 2-handed, or we are playing a ring-game where the other players 🛡 have either left or haven’t joined yet.

2. We have reached the final table of a tournament and there are only 🛡 two players left.

Note that a hand may often be described as “heads up” even if multiple players were dealt into 🛡 the hand. This might occur when only 2 players see the flop after all other players fold preflop. “We saw 🛡 a flop heads up after open-raising preflop and getting one cold-caller”.

Example of Heads Up used in a sentence -> It’s 🛡 often said that heads up cash games require more skill than short handed or full ring cash games.