Why the button is the best position on a table?

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If we speak of positions in poker, we speak of the position of the button, the position of early positions, the intermediate positions, and late positions. What would be the advantage of the button to be the best position in poker?
 
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Position is information. When you act last you have the knowledge of what every other player has done and can more properly decide what to do.

For example, let's say someone went all in and you have a decent hand to call but not AA or KK. If there are other players acting after you, you'll often fold that hand just to avoid going all in against multiple players. If you're the last to act you can call knowing this is a heads up situation.

It's also the best position to apply pressure and to make profitable c-bets. If every player before you checked you can make a less risky bet to steal a pot. Sometimes you'll get reraised but it won't be often enough to discourage you.
 
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You see all others players actions before making your own, in my opinion that is quite an advantage
 
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Pretty much what everyone is saying. You get to see who is putting chips into the pot and how many players are in the action. This is way better than being somewhere at the start where you are vulnerable to being raised or even losing action when you bet first.
 
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I sometimes sit out a hand when I am the button and have a good hand, and a small stack. Nearing the ITM part of the tourney, if you see several players do all ins and if you sit out that hand, you see one of them will be the bubble and put u ITM, your position as the button allowed you the comfort to sit out the hand and not risk your tourney life.
 
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the position is to get information from other players and be able to determine your next decision after seeing the opposing player's information at the table ..
 
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Everything others said is true and important but those pretty much apply postflop.
The button could be better preflop in my opinion. You can 3-bet, steal and probably the most important you can fold/get away from what seem to be good hand without losing anything if the action before you dictates that (in all these situations you are not last to act), so the fact that you are last to act postflop is just some basic about why the button is important. Preflop is more important.
 
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The advantages of poker position
Having a position on your opponents gives you significant advantages:

You can play more starting hands preflop
You can steal the blinds (style of blinds)
You can use pot control
You will save money because you will have information about the actions of opponents in all the streets and make your decisions based on the information you already have while the players who are out of position will make decisions "blindly"
You will have information about the number of players, their types, as well as their actions on all streets.
You can estimate the relative strength of your hand.
You can take the money on the flop, if your opponent / opponents make a “check” before you, thereby showing weakness
Late position players are easier to bluff.
 
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Button is the best position at the poker table. After the flop the last bet will be on the button. In addition, the button - an excellent position to "steal" the blinds using bluff, especially in tournament play.
 
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Basically because you get to act last you get to gather as much information as possible on the strength of each players hand.
 
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You can bluff and still blinds much more easier because you have a lot of information about your opponents, that's really useful.
 
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the button is the best position because you speak last after the flop. For other positions, the tactical situation deteriorates as the button moves to the left, to the small blind.
 
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On the preflop you have awesome position to steal blinds on the post-flop you can see your oops moves to make better decision. D is bad only when you have to make the bluffy all-in 1st but it is very and very rare situation)
 
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Poker is about making the best decisions. When you are last to act, you have more information than everyone else, there fore you should be able to make better (more accurate) decisions than everyone else.

When we evaluate starting hand ranges, the button almost universally has a wider range, and this is because when we have the most information, we have a wider selection of hands to choose from to make a profit.

However, the button advantage is not a passive advantage. If you merely play more hands, but play them passively, then you will not really be taking advantage of anything, in fact, you are just simply playing more losing hands. If you are going to play worse hands from the button, you really need to be more aggressive. Your hand is not automatically better because you are on the button, it is automatically better if you play it better using better decisions.

One persons opinion.
 
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Poker is about making the best decisions. When you are last to act, you have more information than everyone else, there fore you should be able to make better (more accurate) decisions than everyone else.

When we evaluate starting hand ranges, the button almost universally has a wider range, and this is because when we have the most information, we have a wider selection of hands to choose from to make a profit.

However, the button advantage is not a passive advantage. If you merely play more hands, but play them passively, then you will not really be taking advantage of anything, in fact, you are just simply playing more losing hands. If you are going to play worse hands from the button, you really need to be more aggressive. Your hand is not automatically better because you are on the button, it is automatically better if you play it better using better decisions.

One persons opinion.


Very good, your opinion is that case, it is best to contribute as a button
 
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