{"id":174,"date":"2010-08-10T11:02:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T10:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/?p=174"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:12:31","slug":"seat-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/seat-selection","title":{"rendered":"Seat Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on how you do <a title=\"Table Selection\" href=\"https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/table-selection\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Table Selection<\/a> proper Seat Selection may be more or less important. If you often sit down at tables that are not full Seat Selection may be as important as Table Selection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/position.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-323\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\" title=\"position\" src=\"https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/position-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/position-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/position-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/position.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some players have complicated rules for how they chose a seat with different rules for maniacs, LAGs, TAGs, shortstacks etc.<\/p>\n<p>Personally I only have one guiding principle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sit with position on the players you will profit most from.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Or in other words, sit to the left of the fish. 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