Good hold’em players know that position – playing on or as near to the button as possible – is vital.

So much so that many hands worth a raise in late position are not even worth a call in early position. In Omaha, position isn’t irrelevant, but it pales in comparison to hand values. It would be fair to say that hold’em is a game of position, while Omaha is a game of card combinations. Why is this so? It’s because…