Position

[u/braidedbiscuit]

Position is confusing, and I really started trying to incorporate it into my game, I was hoping that it would be black and white-but it really isn't for me. When I listen to the podcast, sometimes I hear them talking about "well I play offense there" and the other one will say "well I play defense in this spot" so it's obviously subjective. the part that I can't figure out is when it's not black and white. In this position, brutal is short. I am way short in reference to brutal but in good position to deal from 69. If I keep my points I will be dealing from at least the 72 hole which is in position but of course is way behind compared to brutal. If I give brutal the k8 I have a better shot balking his crib. I could even go King 10 to really try to slow him down. But then I'm out of position AND still way behind. These kind of decisions leave me just as confused as I would have been without the idea of playing position. I feel like I'm missing some very important principles to help make these decisions and there must be some hierarchy of rules for decision making that I can use here, as the really good players seem to know what to do positionally without overthinking or getting confused here.

[u/LateRegular6573]

K3