Poker column: Winning tactics for heads-up poker

Online play has revived No Limit Texas Hold’em heads-up poker, a game that has become especially popular among today’s young players. Even I’ve become caught up in this trend. The correct strategy in heads-up poker is based on identifying and acting upon your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses.

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Useful poker terms:

• SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
• POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
• STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
• BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
• FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
• SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.