Position is simply where you are sitting in relation to the dealer. The strength of your position comes from the fact that the betting goes in a clockwise fashion.
In a favorable position you get to see how many other players react to their hands and whether they fold, bet, or call before you do. The poker phrase, "Position is power" comes from this simple idea. It is always better to be in an late position though, so it is important to identify what hands are generally playable in all positions. To calculate how good your position is entails determining how many players will bet before you. As an example, say you are playing at a 10 position table. The dealer is in the 1st position and you are in the 2nd position. This means that you are the first person to decide to fold, don't bet or bet. After you make your decision, positions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 must make their decision. Finally position 1 makes his decision with knowledge of how all the other players actions. So, how do you calculate a number that gives a measure of how good your position is? Complication the issue is: 1. On every hand, the dealer position moves clock-wise around the board. 2. The table may not be full or players may fold their hand. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. I started thinking on this and really haven't come up with a good idea yet. something like: x powerOfPosition y where x is a vector of player positions with players and y is a vector of the dealers position and your position. More interested in design of the algorithm as opposed to the actual algorithm. thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
