David Singer(credit: Full Tilt Poker)
Texas Hold’em players talk about maximizing your position – the relative location you are at the table with respect to the dealer button. Position is such a difficult concept to grasp especially when you’re new to the game. In this hand, from the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker, we see exactly how position can work to a player’s advantage.
Here’s the hand history:
Game Type: No Limit Texas Hold’em
Tournament: World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City
Players in hand: David Singer, Ricardo Festejo, Robert "Action Bob" Hwang
Starting Hands
Ricardo Festejo K
, 6
Action Bob J, 9
David Singer J
, 7
Al Ardebili K, 5
Pre Flop
Ricardo Festejo limps for $80k from the cut off.
Action Bob limps from button.
David Singer completes from small blind.
Al Ardebili checks his option from the big blind.
The Flop is A, A, 3
David Singer - spooked, checks as does Al and Ricardo Festejo.
Action Bob, living up to his name, is the last to act and does so. He bets $150k. Everyone folded to him.
Obviously by playing his position wisely, Bob took down this pot. Three players showed weakness in the face of a paired flop and Bob - with practically the worst hand, took down the first pot of the night for himself because he played position properly.
Check out this video of David Singer giving answers to Random Questions: