Position (poker)

The primary advantage held by a player in late position is that he will have more information with which to make better decisions than players in early position, who will have to act first, without the benefit of this extra information.

The blinds are the least desirable position because a player is forced to contribute to the pot and they must act first on all betting rounds after the flop.

With 9 opponents remaining to act, there is approximately a 40% chance that at least one of them will have a better hand than Carol's like A-A, K-K, Q-Q, J-J, A-K, A-Q, A-J or K-Q.

Now instead, suppose David in the cut-off position (to the right of the button) has the same K♥ J♠ and all players fold to him.

In this situation, there are only three opponents left to act, so the odds that one of them has a better hand are considerably less (only around 16%).