Table position if all about where you are sitting with regard to the first player to act and the last player to act. The closer you are to the first player to act, the better hand you should have to call or raise. The closer you are to the last person to act, you can play the lower value starting hands. This is important due to the tendency of players with big hands to raise in early position and people with smaller starting hands to play when close to the last acting position. Small pairs and small suited connectors increase in value as a starting hand when there are no raises and you are near or in last position. This all has to do with seeing the FLOP for as low a cost in chips that you can get. You do not mind taking a shot with a pair of threes for just the cost of the blinds. On the other hand calling a big raise with the same hand is not percentage poker.

Being in or out of position is all relative to where the bets are coming from and the table position you have in relation to the last possible bet. If you have a big hand like Aces, you will not worry to much about where the raises are coming from early in the hand. If you have a pair of nines the situation becomes more important. Are you likely to be out gunned by the better that is acting before you or not. Position will help you make a better decision about the play of weaker hands. Let us use an obvious example; you would not call with a pair of fives if there was a bet, a raise and a reraise before you. You are in no man’s land with such a hand in this position.

When you think about position betting it becomes obvious what you should do with just about any hand you can have. Weak pairs can be raised with in late position, but should be folded or just called in early position. Strong pairs can be bet hard from almost any position and certainly when there were no raises before the betting got to you. The thought process goes something like this, when should you raise and when should you just call or fold. The answer is it depends on the hand you have and your position at the table.

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