If you act positive, you might also be able to trick your opponents into folding prematurely!
When you’re sitting in early position, only play the best hands. If you’re in early position, be careful with bluffing or other “fake outs” because you don’t yet have a sense of what the other players have.
Unlike early position, where you shouldn’t play anything but the best hands, you can play mediocre hands in middle position, but avoid playing truly awful hands or going for long bluffs. Remember that while you have a sense of the table based on early position, someone in late position could surprise you. Plan accordingly.
You can play relatively bad hands in this position. For example, if you’re playing Texas Hold’em and there are only a few low bets on the table and you have a mediocre hand like a pair of 7s, late position is a good place to play that hand. Conversely, you might also want to fold a good hand in late position if you think someone who came earlier is going to beat that hand. If no one at the table has bet, late position players can win by simply betting.
Some examples of bad hands in Texas Hold’em are a 2 and 7, a 2 and 8, and a 3 and 8. One example of a bad hand in Five Card Draw is a hand with a 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, with all four suits represented. [8] X Research source
Good hands in Texas Hold’em include Ace-Ace, King-King, and Queen-Queen. [9] X Research source Because of the way Five Card Draw works, the best hand is a fully-completed Royal Flush or similar high card. [10] X Research source
Conversely, if an opponent who usually makes eye contact suddenly starts avoiding eye contact, that could mean they have a great hand and are trying to hide it.
