The Importance of Poker Seating
Texas Hold’em is all about people and position. All experienced Hold’em players agree that seating in no boundary Texas Hold’em is critically important. Playing your hole cards in late spot will be much more profitable than in starting poker position. The reason because a whole lot more information is assembled prior to acting.
i.e., I was playing a $1-$2 no limit money game at a local poker room. I bumbled in holding 2, 9 unsuited on the dealer button, so I could see some excitement. Flop came down A-A-4. A person in early position laid a fifteen dollar wager. Two players fold and it was now my turn to act. I really should have dropped out, but something felt a tiny bit off. I ID’d this contender as a weak-tight person, and regularly if he had the number one hand he would just check, so I called.
The turn showed with a 7, making it A-A-4-7. My opponent made a further bet of $20. I debated for a while, but took a chance to re-raise a further $30thirty dollars on top of his twenty dollars. He folds and I take the cash.
Playing last position allows you an insight into where you are positioned by observing how players behave and bet. On the other hand, players at early position may use their poker spot to check-raise the last positioned antagonists and trap them afterwords at the end. In Texas Holdem, both ends, late and starting must be bet carefully.