The Cutoff

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Nine-handed table with the cutoff highlighted

The second-best seat and the first true steal position. When it folds to you, open wide: suited hands, connectors, most aces.

Your open pressures the button and blinds; when the button is a nit, the cutoff becomes the effective button and you should treat it that way.

The cutoff's core postflop edge is barreling give-ups: you will usually be in position against blind defenders whose ranges are wide and weak.

Against LAG buttons, tighten the steal range a touch and 4-bet your value hands; they attack cutoff opens on principle.

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