Card Player Skills Trainer

interested in seeing the actual benefits of position tailored play , where the late positions have the strategic edge, I examined a number of Poker Stars hand histories from late 2008. Comparing $0.25/$0.50 blind no limit to $3/$6 no limit games, the latter expected to show more intelligent play.

Starting at the bottom line: This real world Texas Hold’em history data reveals that the biggest winning table position in terms of the number of wins and moneys collected is, by a mile is the big blind. But the most important statistic, the Return On Investment is actually a loosing proposition for the Big Blind.

Percentage of wins or pots collected without shootout, by table position

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Texas Hold'em Poker Add new tag, statistical curiosity

Texas Hold’em Experts offer various strategies for adjusting your play according to table position, unlike hand ranking which can be readily determined mathematically, position strategies are a bit more of a black art.  I was curious to see just what effect position may have on your outcome.  I extracted winner table position statistics from 270,000 hand histories. Only pot winner’s positions were noted,  return on pot investment data was not available. Read more…

Texas Hold'em Poker Add new tag, statistical curiosity