Heads-up ranges: open almost everything, defend a lot.
Heads-up is a different game from 6-max. With only two players, every hand is a blind battle, so ranges get very wide. If you bring your 6-max button range to a heads-up match, you'll be folding far too much.
These are solver ranges for heads-up cash with 2.5bb opens. Switch between 100bb and 200bb stacks below.
The charts
Split cells are mixed: the chart plays them more than one way. Hover or long-press a hand to see its split.
What to take from them
The button opens most hands
From the button (who's also the small blind heads-up), the solver raises the large majority of hands. Only the very worst offsuit hands fold.
The big blind defends wide
You're getting a great price and you've already got a big blind in, so the big blind continues with most hands, 3-betting the strong ones and plenty of suited hands, and calling a lot more.
Deeper stacks, fewer all-ins
At 200bb, 4-bets and 5-bets get smaller and fewer hands want to get it all in. Hands that play well after the flop, like suited connectors, gain value.
Postflop matters even more
With wide ranges on both sides, most pots go to a flop. Your c-bet and defence strategy is where heads-up is won and lost.
Train heads-up properly
The trainer has a dedicated heads-up section at 100bb and 200bb, covering preflop through the river and built on heads-up solver data, plus a side-by-side of 6-max vs heads-up so you can see what changes.
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