Your first heads-up Poker session, one decision at a time.

Two players, two positions

In heads-up play, the dealer Button also posts the small blind. The other player posts the big blind. Before the flop, the Button acts first; after the flop, the big blind acts first. The Button therefore gains the final decision on the flop, turn, and river.

DeciDojo’s Beginner Heads-Up table uses SB 0.5 / BB 1 and begins both players with 100 BB. Stacks carry between hands, but the table has no rake, ante, or straddle. Removing those costs keeps attention on the decisions.

A hand has four decision stages

1. Preflop: each player receives two private cards. The Button can fold, call the remaining half blind, or raise.
2. Flop: three shared cards appear if the hand continues. The big blind acts first.
3. Turn: one more shared card appears, followed by another betting round.
4. River: the fifth shared card appears. If action completes without a fold, remaining players reach showdown.

Check continues without adding chips when no bet is outstanding. Call matches the current amount. Bet introduces money on a street with no existing bet. Raise increases an existing bet. Fold gives up the pot and the chips already committed to it.

Read amounts as total commitments

DeciDojo’s Bet and Raise controls show the total amount you will have contributed on the current street. The Call amount is only the additional amount needed to match the opponent. This distinction matters when a blind or earlier bet is already in front of you.

Use facts before advice

The Beginner table can show position, pot odds, stack-to-pot ratio, hand class, board texture, legal actions, and the shape of the opponent’s action. These are reproducible facts about the current state.

Its learning baseline adds broad beginner guidance, such as the value of position and the fact that heads-up ranges participate more widely than full-ring ranges. It deliberately does not claim to be an exact GTO solver or to know the opponent’s hidden cards.

A simple first-session goal

• Play ten hands without rushing the action buttons.
• Name your position before looking at the recommendation.
• Check the Call amount and the pot before continuing.
• Review one fact after the hand, regardless of who won.

Winning a short session is not evidence that every choice was sound, and losing one is not evidence that every choice was bad. The training target is a clearer process across repeated decisions.