Poker Tournament Heads Up Rules

Heads-Up Tournament An occasional Heads-Up Tournament always provides a nice change of pace for players and allows for quite a bit of tournament director discretion regarding how it is run. The basic premise is quite simple. Players play heads-up matches against each other. The format you can use to run the heads-up tournament are quite varied. A heads-up poker tournament is a series of one-on-one matches with the winner of the match going on to play in further rounds. Each match should last an hour to an hour-and-a-half in length so that you can play four or five rounds of matches in one night. Heads-up games are. Heads-Up Tournaments Heads up Texas Hold’em tournaments are set up one of two ways: a single individual match between two players or multiple entrants (more than two) competing in a series of individual two player matches set up as a bracket.

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The National Heads-Up Poker Championship was an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network.^[1] It is a $25,000 'buy-in' invitation-only tournament^[2] organized as a series of one-on-one games of no limitTexas hold 'em matches. The participants include many of the world's most successful poker players, as well as celebrities.

The championship was the first poker event to be televised on and produced by a major U.S. television network.^[1]

In October 2011, NBC announced that the National Heads-Up Poker Championship would not return in 2012, ending the championship's seven-year run.^[3] After a one-year hiatus, the tournament returned for a final time in 2013.^[4]The $25,000 buy-in event ran from Jan. 24 through 26 at Caesars Palace, the same venue where the event was held from 2006 through 2011.

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In February 2014, NBC announced the National Heads-Up Poker Championship would not return in 2014.

The Heads-Up Championship had been sponsored by online poker companies before Black Friday. The World Series of Poker (WSOP.com) is the new presenting sponsor.^[5]

Structure[edit]

The single-elimination tournament is modeled after college basketball tournaments. Players who win a match advance to the next round; the player who wins six matches is crowned champion.

The first round is seeded randomly the night before the tournament begins. Players are divided into four brackets – Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades. A participant advances by winning a heads-up match against his or her randomly drawn opponent. The structure of the brackets then determines every match thereafter. The semifinals consist of one player from each bracket, with the winner of the Spades bracket playing the winner of the Clubs bracket, and the winner of the Hearts bracket matched up against the winner of the Diamonds bracket. A best-of-three final match then determines which of the two finalists is crowned champion.

Brief history[edit]

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is an invitation-only event. In contrast, the World Heads-Up Poker Championship is an open event with a maximum participation of 128 players.

The 2005 event took place at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas between March 4 and March 6. It aired weekly on NBC from May 1 to May 22 with commentary from Gabe Kaplan and Matt Vasgersian.

The 2006 edition took place from March 4 to 6 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. NBC began its coverage by broadcasting one part of the opening round on April 16. The semi-final and championship matches aired May 21. Kaplan and Vasgersian returned as commentators.

The 2007 edition was broadcast from April 8 to May 20. Ali Nejad took Gabe Kaplan's spot as commentator due to Kaplan competing in the tournament.

Results[edit]

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See also[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^ ^abNBC Spot in the Cards for Poker Tourney February 2005 article from the Las Vegas Sun
2. ^NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Inks Four-year Deal with Caesars, a May 2008 article from pokernews.com
3. ^'NBC Cancels National Heads-Up Poker Championship'. PokerNews. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
4. ^'NBC Brings Back National Heads-Up Poker Championship'. PokerNews. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
5. ^'National Heads-Up Poker Championship returns to Caesars Palace'. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

Poker Tournament Heads Up Rules Regulations

Our goal is to provide a complete guide to beating heads up tournaments in a simple format. These games are easier to quantify than almost any other poker game, and we have included starting hand charts, push/fold charts, information on adjusting to different types of players, and lots of useful information for handling different blind levels. Our goal is to provide a complete guide to beating heads up tournaments in a simple format.

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We recommend that you read through each blind level first, paying close attention and rereading any portions that don’t seem to make sense or require a significant change from your current playing style. Once you have a good feel for how heads up matches are played, you can click on the tab for the number of big blinds in the effective stack* and use the charts and simple advice in that tab while you play. Once you have a clear understanding of everything on this site you’ll want to check out our Resources page for links to more advanced strategy training.

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*Effective Stack in a heads up sit and go is the shorter of the two stacks. Click on the tab that is the appropriate range for the shorter stack.