Middle Position

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Nine-handed table with the middle position highlighted

The transition seats. Your open range grows: suited broadways, medium pairs, good suited aces.

The key middle-position skill is the squeeze read: when an early player opens and a station flat-calls, your 3-bet with a strong hand isolates dead money.

Postflop you will often be in the sandwich: caller behind you, opener in front. Tighten your floats in the sandwich; multiway, medium hands shrink in value while draws and sets grow.

Live note: middle-position opens get called in two or three spots routinely, so favor hands that play well multiway (suited, connected, pair-making) over thin high-card hands.

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