It's been a while since my last post because my regular job has kept me too busy to play enough poker to give my opinion on Rush Poker from middle position.
This my for the record section of the blog. I was able to put in 9 hours x 2 tables the last couple of days. My results were not as good as my report from my last post covering early position. I made a total profit of $122.40 which is $13.60 per hour on 6,943 hands which is 1.76 BB/100.
Middle position would be seats 5, 6, and 7 at the Full Tilt 9 max table. Because of the speed in which you can play hands at Rush Poker, it is rare to find players that play speculative hands from middle position like you would find in a regular game. It is easier to just fold and move on. I do suggest playing a slightly increased number of hands from middle position but still not what you would play at a regular 9 max table. When you see an early position raise or you get re-raised it usually indicates a much stronger hand than you would normally expect. I added the following hands to my playable hands from middle position if I am the first to open the betting. 99, TT, 88 from seat 7 as well as AQo, KQs (see previous post for all hands). I still stick with my 3BB opening bet. That's it for the extra hands to play from middle position. With these hands you may get looked up and have to decide based on the action you received if it is worthwhile to continue or simply fold. Remember, with a 3BB raise you only have to pick up the blinds 2/3 of the time to break even.
Playing middle position is still a risky play because you have 2 - 4 more players to act after you plus the blinds. Risk is determined by how much information you have about relative hand strengths and middle position does not provide you with all that much and you still have a bunch of hungry sharks to get through and a potential 4 more rounds of betting before you win anything. The small and big blinds look attractive because with only a small bet by another player it costs little to play from this position or does it? After the flop the blinds are the hardest to play from because you will have little information about those to act after you and this is why the blinds are the biggest money losing positions even for the best players (See previous posts - Playing the Blinds).
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