Heads up is basically one-on-one poker. It's extremely difficult to consistently win heads up, I have probably split 50-50 with wins and losses.

I am going to write what I would do in 3 different situations heads-up. It is by no means advice or a strategy, as you should always play the way that feels most comfortable and fun to you!

First off, well done for making the final two! Now you will be in one of three scenarios:

1. You scraped in with a small stack and the other player has complete control. (ie you have 2000, other player has 12000)

2. You and your opponent are fairly even in chips.

3. You ahve controlled the tournament and have a large stack, dominating your opponent.

So I'll talk about each scenario in more depth!

1. If you have a really short stack, you will be relying mostly on luck, and you'll have some tough decsions to make. You opponent will look to raise the blinds, either to make u fold, or just to get you out. A decision you will have to make is whether to go all in on a hand like King-8, because you might not get any better. Of course you still could land Ace-Ace on your next go, but its highly unlikely. The best thing to do is to go all in on any decent hand, such as King-8. Remember you will only ever have 1 caller, or none, and the likelihood of your opponent having a rubbish hand is much higher in heads up. So you go all-in with your K-8. This eliminates the need to bet on any other rounds, so no more decision making! Obviously if you win, you double-up and inch closer to your opponent, if you lose, you're out, but there ain't much you can do in the first place, because your opponent started way ahead of you in chips. So to summarise, go for it when you have a short stack heads up!

Part 2 tomorrow!