The value of Poker Seating
Texas Holdem is all about players and arrangement. All knowledgeable Holdem enthusiasts concur that seating in no limit Hold’em is critically essential. Playing your hole cards in last spot will be much more profitable than in early poker position. This is because a whole lot more info is collected right before acting.
i.e., I played in a $1-$2 no limit cash round at a local poker room. I came in holding 2, 9 unsuited on the dealer button, just to see a little action. Flop came down A-A-4. A player in early spot laid a fifteen dollar wager. 2 entrants fold and it was my turn to act. I really should have folded, but his action seemed a tiny bit off. I ID’d this contender as a weak-tight guy, and normally if he held the strongest hand he would simply check, so I called.
The turn showed with a 7, meaning it was a A-A-4-7. My competitor laid an additional bet of $20. I hesitated a little bit, but took a chance to re-raise an additional $30thirty dollars over and above his $20. He dropped out and I won the money.
Betting at late position allows you an idea where you are positioned by watching how other enthusiasts carry oneself and wager. On the other hand, enthusiasts at early spot might use their poker position to check-raise the late positioned competitors and corner them later at the end. In Hold’em, each spots, last and starting must be played cautiously.
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