

The plan was to fold pretty light if I would face a noticeable raise. I decided to use a rather aggressive style and raise approximately 60-70% of my hands before the flop. The Early Game Strategy on Heads-Up Zoom Tournament This is because all the money is distributed from knock-outs and in order to get knock-outs you need a bigger stack than your opponent.

As a matter of fact, I would not recommend doing it. It was surprising to see how many people are late-registering to a heads-up knock-out tournament. I assumed that the tournament would end up with an overlay, but after the one-hour late-registration period the $15 000 guaranteed was easily exceeded. Right before the start, there were less than 200 players registered to the tournament, and only $3000 was collected from the buy-ins. In this article, I will explain my strategy on the different stages of the tournament and describe my observations along the way. Second, you have to be careful in post-flop play and not blow pots too big with mediocre hands. First of all, you need to have a solid strategy on which hands to play before the flop. On the other hand, this is the exact reason why Zoom heads-up can be challenging for less experienced players. Heads-up Zoom tournaments are full of action because players get hands in a continuous stream during the tournament. I have a lot of experience playing Heads-Up Zoom and I find this tournament type very entertaining. You can get my battle-tested strategy if you want a solid deep-stacked strategy for Heads-up Zoom tournaments. Heads-Up Turbo Zoom tournaments have been my bread and butter for years besides heads-up hyper-turbos. My initial thought was to examine what is the skill level nowadays in Heads Up Zoom tournaments.

For late Friday entertainment, I played the $16.50, NLHE, Heads-Up Turbo Zoom, Progressive Total KO, $15 000 GTD tournament on PokerStars.
