Position in pot-limit hold'em

elekrep · #1 03-19-2007, 05:58 PM

I have two questions regarding position in pot-limit hold'em

1. Do you think that position is even more important in PL than NL?

I constantly face a situation where player raises 2xbb from the button and I wake up with KK or QQ in the blinds. Since I can only make a pot-sized reraise to cut off their implied odds, original raiser can call profitably with (almost) any two cards if the stacks are big (>200bb). Of course I always raise big hands for value but this leads sometimes to very difficult post-flop situations.

2. Which is the best postion in short-handed table compared to bad players?

I've heard that sitting behind the bad players is the best place but sometimes I think that it's just before the bad ones. This is because I play 5-max PL and when I'm having the button, bad players are in the blinds. Since bad players defend their blinds more eagerly, I get to play big pots against them in the best postion.

In this scenario I also have good position on good players and it gives me more opportunities to stack TAGs with pocker pairs & suited connectors in raised pots. Does this make any sense?

greg nice · #2 03-19-2007, 07:55 PM

1. yes
2. depends on stacks and what "bad" means

elekrep · #3 03-20-2007, 01:57 AM

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2. depends on stacks and what "bad" means

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By bad I mean loose and passive.

AbreuTime · #4 03-20-2007, 03:49 PM

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2. depends on stacks and what "bad" means

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By bad I mean loose and passive.

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I don't like being floated in position, and loose passive players do a lot of floating. I prefer these players being on my right as opposed to my left. I will often be raising his limp to isolate him preflop. It's a profitable situation where you have control.