YOUR POSITION AT THE TABLE

Your position at the table is important and should determine how you bet. Your position changes with each hand as the dealer button goes round the table.

If you are the dealer you are in the best position because you get to see what everyone else does before you make a move.

If you are positioned next to the dealer and are first to bet you are considered "under the gun" which is the worst position as you don't know what the other people are going to do.

If you are in a late position such as the dealers position before the flop and players before you have just called the blind it would suggest they have poor hands and are trying to see the flop cheap. If you have a medium hand then it is often worth a raise at this point. Not a huge raise but a fair sized one, if someone re-raises you then fold as they where probably slow playing a good or strong hand. If no one has a good or strong hand it will most likely make most or all of the other players fold. If any players do call you then your next action will depend on what the flop brings but as you have raised on a medium strength hand there is a good chance the flop will be kind to you.

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