06-04-2009 20:24 UTC-12

A Conservative Start to Heads Up

[user108095]

Steve Karp and Travis Johnson seem to be feeling each other out in the starting stages of heads-up play. Neither man has been willing to put a lot of chips in the middle, and they're trading a lot of small pots.

In one recent hand, Johnson raised to 275 from big blind and Karp called. The pair then checked down the board of {9-Diamonds}