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Middle Limit Texas Holdem Preflop Strategy in Late Position

This strategy article covers middle limit texas holdem preflop strategy when you are seated in late position. Late position is when you are seated in the dealer spot (the button) or to the right of the dealer spot which is known as the cutoff.

Being seated in late position gives you the advantage of being able to play more hands than if you were seated in mid or early position. You should have a good idea of how the hand has developed and will pretty much know what it will cost you to see the flop.

Because of this information that you have gained you will be able to loosen up your starting hand requirements a bit.

If you are in late position and no one before you has raised the pot and at least three players have called bets I would add 5-5, 4-4, 3-3 and 2-2 to my list of hands to play. I would only call with these four hands. If there were less than three callers I’d choose not to play these hands.

You can also add in some suited and near suited connectors to your list of playable hands as well. I like to play J-9 suited, T-9 suited, T-8 suited. I don’t like go with two gaps such as J-8 or Q-9. As you see what types of players are playing at your table – loose or tight you may decide to include them. But I wouldn’t recommend going with a larger gap than two.

As I mentioned many more hands can be played. Consider playing hands like Ace – any card suited, K-T offsuit and other unsuited big cards. I would only recommend calling with these hands. Beware of playing Aces with small cards. Many players love to play Aces no matter what the other card is. If your other card is a 2, 3, or 4 it can easily lose to a bigger kicker.

Of course, if you have powerful hands that we discussed in the early and middle position preflop strategy articles you can and should raise with these hands.

If the pot has been raised I like to play it like I was in middle position. This is especially true if it was raised by a tight player. Refer back to the middle position preflop strategy article if necessary.

If a player in middle position comes in with the first raise when you are seated in the cutoff or on the button in an attempt to steal the blinds consider reraising with medium pairs or two big cards such as A-Q etc… Reraise with big pairs.

If the cutoff player is attempting to steal the blinds by coming in with a raise when all others have folded before them also consider reraising with two big cards or medium pairs. Definitely re-raise with big pairs.

This strategy will force the small and big blinds to put in two more bets and put your hand in a better situation by forcing a head to head contest.

However, beware if the player placing the bet is ultra-conservative and only plays powerful hands. You want to make sure you have a sufficiently strong hand that can challenge theirs.

Stealing the blinds

When seated in late position and all of the other players have folded by raising the pot you may induce the players seated in front of you to fold. Raise with powerful hands, middle and even low pairs. With so few players in the pot you may very well have the best hand if your raise gets called. If it does not get called and the players in fron t of you fold you will win the pot. The player to look out for is the big blind who already has a full bet in the pot and may defend the blind. Also, note if this person is a strong player or not especially if they come back with a raise.

You’ve now added several new hands to your list of playable hands when playing in a middle limit holdem game. Remember, you’ll be up against tougher players in the middle limits so stick to these guidelines when selecting which hands to play. It’s important to continue studying and to practice your play to improve your game.

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