Seat Positition
When you play poker en ligne, your choices have an effect on your chip stack before you ever play a hand. A lot of what you are going to do at a table is directly affected by the players around you, so it makes good sense to sit in a seat that gives you an advantage. If you end up sitting to the right of an aggressive poker online player, you may find yourself in a tough position. Aggressive players will hardly ever let you see the flop without a raise, and some cards are worth a big blind, but not much more than that. For example, if you’ve got a Jack-10 suited and it’s checked to you, you may want to pay the minimum bet to see if the flop hits for you. If the blinds are $5-$10, and it’s a pretty full pot, that’s not a bad idea. However, if you’ve got an aggressive player to your left, you never know if he’s going to fold, check, call or (most likely) make a raise before the flop. The poker hand that looks like a deal at $10 may not look so good if you have to pay another $20 to see it, and you end up folding, giving up that $10 without even seeing the flop.
On the other hand, if you sit to the left of an aggressive player, you get to see what he’s going to do and you can act appropriately. If he raises, you can fold your marginal hand without hesitation, and if he checks or folds, you can go out on a limb with it.