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Poker Table Position

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Poker Table position is extremely important to understand. Playing hands in position is critical to your success. The basic idea is that you want to play in late position as much as possible simply so you can see what people do before its your turn to act. Of course that's not entirely possible as the button constantly rotates, but understanding what hands should be played from what position is a key component to playing poker. For instance, let's say you hold Jd and 8d in early position. You really want to see the flop, so you limp in. A guy from middle position raises you 4x and a guy in late position re-raises him. Now what are you going to do?

A basic rule that I "try" to stick to is, if I'm in early position, I have to have a monster hand, i.e. AA, KK, QQ, JJ or AK. If I loosen up more then that, its because I know the players at the table and I'm familiar with their play, or I just feel I can out play them after the flop. In middle position, I will generally come in with hands like Q-10, J-10, A-Q, etc. Just remember that people in late position always act after you which give them opportunities to bluff, raise, etc. if you miss.  One key thing to remember is that most pots are going to get raised; if you constantly try to limp out of position (early), you will lose more money in the long run.

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