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Position is known to be the most important concept in texas hold'em, at least in no-limit hold'em. Position only refers to where you are sitting at the table in relation to the dealer. Your strength in position comes from the fact that play and betting goes clockwise. The later in position you are, the more you get to see the reactions of players to their cards and if they fold, call, or raise. We will look at early, middle, and late positions.

Early Position In a 8-10 man table, early position consists of the blinds and the 2 players after the blinds. You want to play very little hands from early position. You must only play with extremely good cards from this position. If you are going to decide to play your cards, you must come in with a raise to let everyone know that you have a great hand. DO NOT slow play your big cards from early position. There are many disadvantages in this position. You do not know what other players will do, and are first to act in each round after the flop. The only advantage of being in early position is being in the blinds and being able to act last preflop. You may be able to force someone out if the pot was not raised. Only do this if you have good cards, very few are in the pot, NO ONE has raised, and you have found the remaining players are likely to fold to a high raise. When there are less players at the table, you can play a few more starting hands. If you see someone playing from early position, you should put them on great cards......

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