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Seating position in cash games tend to be important, as I learned one day when I noticed that people kept moving to open seats to my left.

This fact was pointed out to me by an old coot while having a beer & snadwich after a tournament we were both in. We had both been in the same cash game the day before. I qualified into this tournament and after I sat down, one guy sort of eyeballs me, and moves to my left. I dress kind of formal, am in good shape and 6'2" so what signals that sent to this guy I do not know, but after he reraised a few of my hands I knew one thing "this guy has to go! " I had the pleasure of taking half his stack (my chips anyways ) and watching the rest of the pirhanas at the table take him out later.

For improving players, I think that seating is not as important as identification.

Identifying players by type, identifying their ranges of hands, identifying if they are loose or aggressive or both.

If you are in any doubt about the difference between 'Loose' and 'Aggressive', read Justin Bonomo's excellent article on the differences

www.bluffmagazine.com/magazine/Aggression-and-Looseness-are-NOT-the-Same-Thing!-Justin-Bonomo-888.htm

But I digress ... on the subject of seating, identification trumps seating, because once you identify a LAG player unfortunately to your left, you can trap this weasel by limping with a serious hand or calling his frequent reraises with the right kind of hand and then bet into him forcing him to make a hand. Granted, this is a little too violent for most players, but you are in the SNG to win and if you have a serious impediment like a LAG player on your immediate left, you have to deal with it by modifying your game plan.

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