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In a 10 player table, usually at least one person has premium cards in preflop. If the round is indeed folded to me, then, it´s likely that some one behind me holds those premium cards. That leaves me with a less good hand against a premium hand.



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This is the wrong way to think. The probability that someone has a good hand is (almost) independent from what the other players have. That means that if each player has a 10% chance to have a good hand and five players fold to u, the players behind still have 10% chance each to have a premium hand.

Let's say u are UTG. Now there are nine people behind u. The chance that at least one holds a premium hand is:

1-0.9^9 = 60% (approx) (1-the chance nobody has a hand)


If u are on the button and everyone folded to u:

1-0.9^2 = 20% (approx)

So the risk that somebody has a hand is much lower on the button when 7 players have folded than UTG.