03-15-07, LearnTexasHoldem:

Playing position

Position plays a big role in poker, even in low limit. The reason last place, on the button, is so great is because you get to see what everyone else does before you.

The best players play tight in the front and loose in the back. You wouldn't want to play some of the hands above in first position, "under the gun", but you would play them in the back.

A good example of a hand like this would be T8s. In a really loose game with everyone in in front of you, you would play it.

Also position changes how you play individual hands. You would play JTs anywhere in a really loose game but you might raise it in the back preflop just because it is the type of hand that does well against lots of players.

So when you think of your starting hand selection, you want to play tighter in the front, and looser in the back. How tight and how loose will be up to you since you'll have to see the game before setting those guidelines.


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