Strategy
Position in poker
Where you sit relative to the dealer button, which decides whether you act before or after your opponents.
Position is the single largest structural advantage in hold'em. Acting last means you have seen what everyone else did before you commit chips.
In a six-handed game the seats are, in order of who acts first before the flop: under the gun, hijack, cutoff, button, small blind, big blind. After the flop the blinds act first and the button acts last, which is why the button is the most profitable seat at the table and under the gun is the least.
Position is why opening ranges get wider the closer you sit to the button. The button opens roughly three times as many hands as under the gun does.
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