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Early Position Play in Texas Hold'em

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Following a tight-aggressive strategy, you should be playing very few hands in early position (i.e., the three seats to the left of the big blind). As a beginner, you should limit your play to big pair (TT-AA) and an ace with a another big card, like AK or AQ. And when you play any of these hands, you should start with a raise. Let the field know you have good cards.

When you start playing at low limits, you'll find a lot of people playing junk hands in almost every position -- hands like J-2 suited. This is simply a mistake. You'll also find people attempting to slowplay big starting hands, like KK and AA. This is a very, very bad idea. There are a lot of unschooled players out there, particularly at sites like Party Poker. And these are the people you're going to win money from.

Now on to middle position.

Early Position Play in Texas Hold'em

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