Play Position - Early Betting

Your betting position in each round of poker online is a critical factor in how to play your online poker cards. The big and small blinds put in forced bets. If no one raises, then from these positions, you get to see a “cheap flop” which no one has raised. And sometimes that cheap flop will connect with your random hand. Even 7-2 off suit wins sometimes. The small blind will bet first in every ensuing hand, so it’s a vulnerable position because you have no information on how the flop connected with anyone else’s hand. If it missed yours, then simple check, knowing you will fold to any bet. It miracle cards came out to give you trips or two pairs or even better, then raise it up to chase off other contenders. The big blind is a similar situation to the small blind, with early position in the betting, so the poker strategy is similar. From these early positions, you can’t call any bets behind you unless you’ve got a really strong hand, which is unlikely in the blind spots. Some players will always “defend the blind” and call a bet even with rags. It’s not a wise policy and will leak away chips. Sometimes the betting will come down to a battle of the blinds, especially in tournaments as the blinds get high. Then each blind is up against a random hand, and any high ranking card, like an Ace or a face, might be good in this heads-up battle.

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Published in: Fun Places, Gambling Luck, Games | on January 29th, 2010 |

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