Poker Tips

Introduction

Knowing how to take advantage of the poker position you find yourself in is one of the things a rookie poker player needs to learn. It is all too tempting to automatically think that being in last position will always be best, after all everyone else has played so surely you can’t fail to make the correct choice in your betting option? Well, let’s just see what options might open up to you – according to the seating position you find yourself in at the poker table.

First or last?

The received wisdom is always that being in last position has to be best as, even with a fairly modest hand – if the first player bets then you can always call without being worried about a raise hitting you from behind. Meanwhile, you can watch the players before you sit and squirm trying to decide whether to throw away their hand or pay heavily to continue with the possibility of a raise behind them. However, being in last position does carry a risk – that of a check-raise. But, in a game where check-raising isn’t allowed, being in last position is ideal if a player in front of you checks, as then you can be confident they’re not trying to sandbag you with a big hand. So, and conversely, being in first position could actually be advantageous to you – if you do want to check-raise. Also, if you want to drive players out early on then being first puts you in the driving seat to raise early before they can call the first bet.

The other players positions

Any thoughts on what her favorite poker position is?

Of course the seating position of any player can affect your playing, regardless of where you are sat at the poker table. Depending on whether you like to play loose or tight or you might prefer to have other loose players on your left, playing and betting before you – with the tight poker players on your right making their conservative bets after you’ve played. The advantage here is that you can read the aggressive tight players move and make your play being fairly confident that the tight players on your right are unlikely to challenge you.