TABLE POSITION

In a poker game your position at the table is changing by rotating the Dealer button. The position is important for every player but not everyone is playing the position.

Not only your cards and chip stack, but also your position helps you decide about your betting, raising or folding. The best position at the table is the “Dealer”, that means the player with the dealer button has nothing to invest and sees what all other players do before he can decide how he is playing his cards. Preflop, all players at the table (except 2 – small and big blind, already have their chips more or less in) are acting before the dealer position and then the dealer button player already knows how many players are involved in this one hand.

You can use the position to bluff with a raise if nobody was raising or everybody was folding. Also after the flop you can benefit from the “dealer” position, because you are the last to speak.

The other positions at the poker table are called:

SMALL BLIND – is the one after dealer and has already put half of the Big blind in

BIG BLIND – is the second seat after dealer and has to bring the minimum bet

UNDER THE GUN – is the position after the Big blind and is not recommendable to raise this position with any cards, if there is big raise from this position you can be sure it is a big bluff or really one of the best starting hands sitting at the table

CUT OFF – is the position before dealer button, it is not bad if dealer button folds, then you are in the “position of the dealer”

DEALER – the best position at the table, you can choose and vary your game depending on actions of other players before your turn