{"id":1146,"date":"2018-08-27T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2018-08-27T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T09:00:36","slug":"starting-hand-position1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/starting-hand-position1\/","title":{"rendered":"No Mercy Monday: Starting Hands and Table Position"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this strategy series, CoinPoker\u2019s Chief Community Manager and pro poker player Isabelle \u201cNo Mercy\u201d Mercier walks you through the basics of the game. Each No Mercy Monday comes with expert advice on how to play, \u00a0and it all starts with starting hands.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Knowing how to play your starting hands is part of the very basic strategies in No Limit Hold\u2019em Poker and we covered that in the previous weeks when looking at premium, risky, and mediocre hands. This time we’ll be looking at the second most important concept in poker: position.<\/p>\n

We learned how your position works in last week’s intro to table positions<\/a>, and we will see over the next weeks how to take advantage of theses position. Today’s edition will continue by explaining how to play from the blinds.<\/p>\n

Starting Hands vs. Position<\/b><\/h2>\n

Last week we looked at all the different positions around a poker table and I mentioned that understanding this concept was a huge breakthrough in my early days of poker. Indeed, the concept of position is often undervalued by novices, or simply unknown from amateurs who will play any hand from any spot, while it is actually one of the first thing to consider before entering a pot.<\/p>\n

Indeed, when you are in early positions, you will be inclined to play fewer hands, as opposed to playing from late positions, where you will want to open up your game and your range of starting hands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When you put that notion into perspective with the first chapter of these series of tips concerning the starting hands, you could start by following these general guidelines to know what type of cards to play from which spot:<\/p>\n