Re: Heads up poker
Heads up big bet poker has a whole lot to do with feel. Figuring out what ways opponents are likely to play which hands, when your opponent is steaming (very common HU), understanding hand values in different situations, etc.
You have to implement all sorts of non-standard plays into your game for metagame purposes to protect yourself from giving your hand away in the future (perhaps check/raising the flop with a very strong hand, and then checking the turn).
The single most helpful thing for me was playing the heads up matches on Stars. At the $5-$20 level the play is absolutely terrible and any non-experienced NL player should be able to beat it easily. Once you hit the $50s on up to the $100s, $200s (never played higher than that), you'll run into some solid and tricky opponents.
If you find yourself able to crush the competition in these matches, you should have a large edge in any impromptu side game head up action, where your opponent is likely to have very limited experience.
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