Late positions includes seat 8 (Cutoff) and 9 (Button). These are the most profitable positions to play from in any hold'em game and this is especially true at Rush Poker tables. Opening hands from the cutoff can be just about anything from suited connectors, pairs from 55 and up, and any A. If the pot is unopened when it gets to you, open with a 3 BB raise. This is usually enough to cause the blinds to fold and allow you to pick up the blinds. If you get push back from the button or the blinds you can easily lay down as you do not have enough skin in the game to cause any concern. Because Rush Poker is played at such a rapid pace you can get away with raising and picking up the blinds much easier than in a standard game. Unless someone has a very good starting hand in the blinds they will likely just fold and move on to the next hand.
From the button in an unopened pot open open raise 3 BB or more with any 2 cards. Yes, any 2 cards. Unless the blinds have a real hand they will fold and move on. Trust me, you will make money with this play because you will win the hand many more times than you will have to fold to a re-raise. The button is by far the most profitable seat at the table. If there is an opening raiser and you have a hand that you think is or could be the best hand at the table, raise 3x the opening players raise and see if he really has a hand. If the opening raise is 3 or 4 BB, go ahead and make it 10 - 12 BB. More than 50% of the time you will cause the opening raiser to fold unless they have any extremely strong hand. Unless the opening raiser has a hand or is an extremely poor player, why is he prepared to play out of positions for the rest of the game? Ideally you win right there, however, if you get called by the initial raiser, he is shouting "I don't have KK or AA". With your position you are in a really good spot to win this hand if you remain aggressive. There are of course those time that you get a seasoned player that is willing to slow play AA but this is not the norm.
My winning formula for Rush Poker is boring but quite simple. Limit your opening hand selection for all seats except the cutoff and button to large pairs - JJ through AA, and AKs. Play the cutoff and button extremely aggressively. Try it and let me know if it works for you.
My win rate at Rush Poker is a fairly steady 3 BB/100 hands based on 213,000 hands. This translates to $1.50 per 100 hands or $6.00 per hour at one table since the average number of hands per hour is 400. I usually play 3 tables at a time. $18.00 per hour is a very acceptable result in my opinion.
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