Texas Hold’em Strategy

Texas Hold’em Strategy
Single Table
Multi Table
Cash Tables
Stealth Stategy

Positions

Early position, in Texas Hold’em, is the 3 players to the left of the big blind, late position are the 2 players to the right of the blinds. By deduction, that makes everyone in between in middle position. Why you ask do you have to play the same hand differently from different positions? The answer is logical and probably won't surprise you. Texas Hold’em is all about information. The more information you have about how everyone else is going to play the hand, the easier it is for you to make a more informed decision about how you are going to play yours.

Logically, in Texas Hold’em poker, in early position, since you are one of the first to act, you have to be much more selective about your starting hands since you don't know what the players behind you are going to do. The last thing you want to do is call the big blind, someone behind you puts in a nice raise, and you are forced to fold that hand, wasting your money. In late position, since you are one of the last players to act you have had the luxury of watching what most of the other players are going to do, making your decision an easier one. In Texas Hold’em poker, you might decide to call a bet from this position because there is less likelihood you are going to be raised with only 2 or 3 players to act behind you. For this reason, the cards you play in early position are usually of much higher rank and quality than those you might play from around back.