At a 6 max No Limit Texas Holdem table we have 6 positions. The position changes every hand as the button moves around the poker table. The player who is first to act preflop is called Under The Gun, UTG for short, and this is the worst position at the table.

The second player to act is usually called Middle Position, MP. On a 9 handed or 10 handed table, we have UTG+1, UTG+2, MP2 and MP3 as well. The cutoff is the position before the button, CO for short.

The best position at the whole table is the Button, BTN for short. The reason is that we are last to act on the last 3 betting rounds of the hand. Being last to act we get to see what all the other players do before we have to decide what to do, and this is a huge advantage.

2 players have to put money into the pot preflop in every hand. These are the blind positions, Big Blind and Small Blind, BB and SB for short. The big blind is usually twice the size of the small blinds. The blinds decide the stakes of the game. If you join say a $0.05/$0.10 poker game online, maximum buyin will be $10 and minimum $2, 100 and 20 times the big blind. Now lets look at part 7 of the guide with game mechanics and some more poker terms.