Daniel Negreanu

Okay.

And there's only one other hand in front of you, which means the ranges of hands that you play is way wider, right?

So if you're nine handed, right?

And you're in first position, you're like, all right, what do I need to play?

Like a good pair, you know, two high cards suited, a big ace, you know, stuff like that.

That's it, right?

That's what you're going to play, right?

and you're gonna fold all the rest.

When you're heads up, you look at a king and a two, and you're like, well, I gotta play this.

You're forced to play a lot more hands in a lot more complex situations when you're playing heads up, because you're gonna be playing much far weaker hands.

Queen five, jack three, all these types of hands, and you're gonna see flops where you're not gonna have the luxury of being like, I'm in there with a premium hand.

Queens, kings, aces, those are easier to play, right?

Very, very strong holdings.

Heads up, you're forced to dance and fight a lot more.

You can't sit in the weeds and wait.

What do you enjoy more?

heads up is very intense i like heads up but i think if you had to play heads up eight ten hours it's so mentally draining because your face was so many constant decisions each and every spot like you play nine-handed you look at a nine and a three you throw it away you hang out for a bit you get a little break and you play heads up you're like it's like boom boom it's like you're in the ring you know you're in the octagon and you're facing like haymakers non-stop

It's kind of like romanticized from the old days, like, you know, in the Western stuff, like people trying to cheat.

And have you ever killed a man because he cheated?

No, I have not.