Play Depending On Your Position

Every experienced poker player knows that your chances of winning depend greatly on your position.

Early position is at a huge disadvantage compared to late position. In fact, many players will nearly always fold from early position unless they have a killer hand.

In general, if you do decide to play from early position, make sure that your game is quite passive. As soon as you start to get aggressive then you will have no shortage of opponents trying to re-raise you to a level that you are not interested in.

The converse of this is that you should take full advantage of being in late position and play aggressively. The odds are stacked much more in your favour so not only will you find other players submitting to you but the risk to reward ratio is also much more attractive.

You should also change how much you bet depending on your position. Bet marginally more the later your position is. This ensure that you are taking the appropriate risk for the appropriate reward (pot combined with probability of winning it). Bet size should always vary depending on your position and definitely not depending on the strength of your hand. As soon as you start betting more when you have a good hand then your opponents will spot this and stop throwing chips into the pot when you basically “tell” them how great your hand is though your playing habits.