![]() ![]() Throw away anything weaker than suited and any pairs worse than. So, in early position it’s simple – it’s all about strong hands. The aim of playing an ABC style of poker is to minimise tricky decisions. Taking a nine-handed game, position breaks down as follows: Even if you do see a flop you’ll have to play every street out of position. This same hand is almost impossible to play in early position when you don’t know if a player will raise behind you. If you get this on the button and there have been a few callers before you, you can call with great odds to hit a big hand. Playing out of position makes everything much harder – unless you hit a monster hand you’ll always be second-guessing your opponents. ‘If I could play every hand on the button I’d beat any game blind’ -Doyle Brunson With the exception of the blinds, you’ll act last pre-flop and you’ll act after everyone on every street post-flop. That’s why the button is the best position in poker. If you want to know how important position is, just listen to Doyle Brunson who said, ‘If I could play every hand on the button I’d beat any game blind.’ Poker is a game of incomplete information – the more you have the better the decisions you can make. Everyone has an opinion on opening raises but if you stick to the standard raise you won’t force out weaker players and you won’t let players enter the pot cheaply. ![]() So, if you’re playing $0.50/$1, your opening raise should be $3 and if someone’s already limped in you should make it $4. You should enter pots with a standard raise of 3x and add a big blind for every limper. It also means you’ll be building a pot with (hopefully) the strongest hand. That means you should be entering pots with a raise rather than calling, and betting rather than checking. You’re looking to be more selective over your starting hands and play them aggressively. There’s no mystery to a tight-aggressive style. You’ll be value betting more and bluffing less. That means you’ll make stronger hands post-flop too. A tight-aggressive style works because it gives you an almost immediate advantage over your opponents – you will generally be playing stronger hands than they do. ![]()
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