The Importance of using Your Table Position
Using Your Table Position
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The Importance of Poker Position
One of the most important factors while playing poker is table position, having the right table position can be both rewarding and lucrative regardless of you’re whole cards , it’s all about sitting in correct position to the left of other players, the right position is a late position (being the last to act the perfect position) , while in the perfect position at the table you can benefit from several factors, first of all you have gained the knowledge of how the rest of the players have chosen to play there hands enabling you to make a more informed decision on weather to bet raise call or fold, secondly if no one has chosen to act you will win the hand and consequently profit from the small blind and not forfeit your big blind expenditure, by not losing your big blind and not shortening your chip stack you may also take more time to be choosy about the whole cards you decide to play for pre longed period of time.
if another player or players in the hand have called and you have decided to check or bet
Dependent on the amount of players remaining in the hand from this point can determine your next move no matter your whole cards the fewer opponents remaining the better (pre flop), once the flop is revealed if two or less players remain no matter what whole cards you hold there is nearly always the opportunity to steal the pot from this position as you are the first to act although this will not work all of the time, most of the time this will pay dividends and is the best course of action.
Examples of pots not to steal in the prime poker position
It is not recommended to try and steal pots where there are possible flush draws or a possible straight draws unless your draw can overcome such a result, if already holding the best possible hand on the flop then it is always better to make players pay heavily for there chance to draw out on you.
Examples of pots to steal in prime poker position
There are plenty of hands that arise on the flop that provide a great opportunity to steal, any three cards of suit not being connecting cards, even an ace high is provides a good opportunity as players holding an ace in there whole cards will think twice about calling especially if holding a low kicker(your second whole card) card, this is due to the possibility of two players having a pair aces and the player with the second highest whole card winning the hand, this is a typical example of how to play your whole cards and steal in prime poker position.
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