STARTING HANDS: LATE POSITION

Defined as the button plus 1 or 2 to the right of it.

Usually play aggressively if short handed, unless the remaining players are loose. If it's a multi-way pot, also play less aggressively if you're holding a good multi-way hand such as suit connectors (unless you're likely to get good action on a big hand anyway), but less aggressively if you're holding high cards, such as AQ.

If no-one has called or raised you should almost always raise a playable hand, usually groups 1-7. If there's already 1 or 2 callers, usually raise groups 1-3.

To cold call a raise only use premium hands unless it's a multi-way pot, when you can call with hands like T9s and 88 that will pay well if you hit. Remember, you must be able to get rid of these hands if you hit a mediocre hand or this will end up costing you. Also, take into consideration the position of the raiser and how loose he is.

For the purposes of deception you can sometimes re-raise a medium pair or a hand like JTs. This does require your opponents to be observant enough to notice.

If only one late raiser is already in, almost always re-raise with groups 1-3 and sometimes with group 4 if it is a weak raiser. This is because they may well be trying to steal the pot.

On the button with no-one in already, raise with hands 1-8. Many players raise with Ace-rag. If you do this it needs to be against player who will check on the river if they have nothing, even if you've shown weakness on the turn by checking.