Having considered how best to play your custom poker chip stack from an early position, we will now move on to consider the middle position.

3. Middle Position Unsuited

You can play a few more poker starting hands from this position as you have a positional advantage over those poker players sitting in early position. You must use your custom poker chip stacks to raise with the following poker hands (in addition to the poker starting hands we told you to raise with in the first page):

• Ace with a Jack (only raise with your custom poker chip stack if you are the first poker player to put in a raise. Otherwise, we suggest you limp in as before)
• Ace with a 10 (similar advice, only raise if you are the first one in the pot, otherwise limp).
• King with a Queen.
• Pair of 9s, 8s, 7s and 6s. Once again, only use your custom poker chip stack to put in a raise if no other poker player has acted in this way before you. Otherwise, limp in with these smaller pairs.

So when should you limp in with your custom poker chip stack? In addition to the information on page one and two of this guide, we suggest that you do not limp into the pot with any poker hands additional to those listed before. Essentially, the limping strategy for middle position unsuited is the same as for early position suited (if you want to get technical!). Follow this advice and your custom poker chip stack will be as safe as it can be.

All other cards must simply be folded. A good poker player should be folding about five out of every six poker hands so don’t worry. You will have ample opportunity to maximise the size of your custom poker chip stack. When you are being dealt poor poker hands and you are out of position, there is nothing you can do but sit back and wait for a better starting poker hand (or wait until you get the dealer button!). At least then you aren’t losing a percentage of your custom poker chip stack when you are dealt poor poker hands or when you are out of position. You wouldn’t want to have such a small custom poker chip stack that when you get great cards and/or positioning, you can only win a small custom poker chip pot!