Texas Hold'em Position and Starting Hands

Texas Hold'em makes the best five-card hand from two hole cards and five community cards. There are four betting rounds: preflop, flop, turn and river. The same two cards are not an open from every seat. Later seats see how the table acts first.

2

Hole cards

5

Community cards

4

Betting rounds

BTN

Best seat

Seat value is the order of action

The button moves left each hand. Under the gun speaks first preflop, and the big blind still remains after the button. From the flop the button is last if it is still in. The rail below is the beginner scale used in this guide: fewer opens on the left, more as you reach the button.

1. 01

   UTG

   First to act. Pairs, A-K and A-Q.

2. 02

   MP

   Several players still behind you.

3. 03

   HJ

   Add middle pairs.

4. 04

   CO

   Cutoff. Suited connectors can open.

5. 05

   BTN

   Widest opens. Last from the flop.

6. 06

   SB

   Posted a blind, but acts first after the flop.

7. 07

   BB

   Already in for one blind. Separate calls from folds.

Three piles for a first session

These piles are not a PioSolver or GTO Wizard solution. They are the filter Han Ji-hun gives someone sitting a club micro for the first time. Widen at three-handed tables and tighten when the table is full.

How this meets the club schedule

Start on the micro at 21:00. The buy-in is $1, re-entry is allowed, and the guarantee is $500. The daily freeroll at 20:00 is free with a $100 guarantee. The rate is 1 chip = 1,000 KRW = $0.70. The full rules are on the Texas Hold'em page.

• Do not call a raise with the third pile.
• A blind is not a reason to see every flop. The small blind is out of position afterward.
• Do not jump buy-ins after a loss. Read the bankroll note first.

• Four betting rounds
• Chart letters
• Order of speech
• Chart by seat
• Texas Hold'em rules
• MTT times and buy-ins
• Bankroll note