The impact of position

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Position at the table has a huge impact on decision-making. When you act later in a hand, you have more information about your opponents' actions, which can help you make better choices and avoid costly mistakes.
 
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Thats why its so jarring to watch players who talk about poker theory open limp with players sitting out.

Which is like saying, "No I want to play my horrible hand out of position with no initiative, all while trying to pick up the least amount of dead money as possible."
 
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As we get into position, our hand range increases. So does our aggression. But what we see most often are fish limping from UTG. And that's with big hands. They're practically begging to lose the hand.
 
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I've heard this for decades andcan only repeat what I said before. If someone raises pre-flop and continuation bets, what do you do?

The other day I called a raise with A-J; the flop came AJQ and he bet again. I ended up folding on the turn; I think the other player folded after the river. The board paired queens and there was a flush out there. The raiser showed a pair of kings. It was a great bluff but how did position help anyone here?
 
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Joujou113 said:
Position at the table has a huge impact on decision-making. When you act later in a hand, you have more information about your opponents' actions, which can help you make better choices and avoid costly mistakes.
Yes, position is indeed a very important factor, one of the main ones. You need to be able to use position, but at the same time, you shouldn't give position decisive importance.
 
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FoxMS said:
Yes, position is indeed a very important factor, one of the main ones. You need to be able to use position, but at the same time, you shouldn't give position decisive importance.
In other words, position matters unless it doesn't. Thanks for clearing that one up.
 
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