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Tag: early position

  • Limping into an Unraised Pot

    One thing that many online poker players preach against is limping into an unraised pot – especially from early position. The reason why limping (calling the big blind) is highly frowned upon is because you are not only showing total weakness in your hand, but you’re most likely going to be raised by at least…

  • Playing QQ, JJ and TT in Early Position

    It’s always great to look down at your hole cards and see TT, JJ or QQ preflop. Unfortunately, these hands don’t make you invincible – especially in early position. After all, these three hands aren’t like AA or KK, where you can be fairly confident that you’re the favorite when heavy preflop raising and re-raising…

  • How To Play The Middle Position In Poker

    When it comes to poker strategy you’ll find that most of the information you’ll find about table position focuses on early position strategy and late position strategy. Middle position strategy sort of gets left by the wayside, with players assuming that the best strategy is to play somewhere in between loose and tight. However, the…