Position is action order before it is strategy.
In a two-player hand, the same button changes roles across betting rounds. Learn the physical deal and action order first; do not jump from “in position” to an automatic action.
Core rule
The button changes when information arrives.
Heads-up, the button is also the small blind. The big blind receives the first hole card; the button receives the last hole card.
Before the flop, the button acts first. On the flop, turn, and river, the big blind acts first and the button acts last.
Acting last postflop means seeing the other player’s action before choosing yours. That changes available information. It does not, by itself, prove that a bet, check, call, raise, or fold is best.
Reasoning boundary
What position does not answer
Position alone does not give you an opening range, an equity estimate, a bet size, or a solver recommendation. Those require a defined game model, stack depth, ranges, actions, and—when relevant—rake. This lesson deliberately stops before those claims.
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