phydaux's PBP - Confessions of a uNL grinder

[chopchoi]

Great post over all, but I thought the following part was golden:

[ QUOTE ]
Also, many of the times when I raised from the Hi-Jack, counting on position and aggression to see me through the hand, I found myself called by the Cut Off or the Button. And suddenly I was playing from out of position in a raised pot with a marginal holding.

This lead me to the first adjustment I made to my game. I realized that late position is actually later than I initially thought. Stars FR NL tables are 9-handed. Once you remove the button & the blinds, that leaves six seats. Initially, I divided these six into three neat pairs. UTG & UTG+1 were both Early Position, the next two seats were Middle Position, and the Cut Off & Hi Jack were both Late Position. This was neat and easy to remember, but it was utterly wrong-headed.

I now consider the first three seats after the blinds to all be Early Position. The Hi Jack and one seat to his left are Middle Position. The only seats I consider Late Position are the Button and the Cut Off.

[/ QUOTE ]

I just wanted to expound a little bit on why the CO is so much better than the Hijack. There's only a one seat difference between the CO and HJ, so at first glance it might seem that the value of these two positions is similar. That is just dead wrong. When you are in the CO, there is only one player left to act after you. In the Hijack, there are two players left to act after you. So, you are TWICE as likely to get called and have to play the hand OOP when you raise from the Hijack as you are when you raise from the CO.

I know it seems pretty obvious, but I never thought about it in those terms until I read your post. Thanks for the insight.