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Middle Position Play May 6, 2009

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Playing poker in the middle position at the casino give you a lot more options that you have when playing in the early position. The later your position, the more aware you are of how the players around you are going to act, and the less anticipating you’ll have to do. The means you can be a bit more loosely when choosing what hands you want to play.

Say you are at a table of eight poker players and you’re holding a King-10 suited. It’s not a great hand, but it’s playable. It’s worth a big blind, but not a whole lot more than that. If you are in the fifth position, you get to see what four people are doing, and you only need to be able to read the last three. Will any of them raise before the flop? If you’ve been a good poker player and you’ve paid attention to your opponents, you should have a good idea about what they are going to do.

With the added info you’ll have from the players in front of you, you can attempt to play middle pairs, suited connectors, and other medium-ranked hands. Just don’t be too stubborn to fold if he flop doesn’t go your way.

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