Is seat positioning important enough to give up a round of free hands?

[whitelime]

Say you just played out your hand on the button and the player to your left is terrible. He is playing every other hand in a 10 handed game. Now the player to his immediate left gets up. Is it worth giving up 7 free hands to get on his left? I think it is.

[poker1O1]

I think it is for two reasons
1: you receive great position
2: although small, you get to learn a bare amount of 7 hands about the rest of the table

[RandomFluke]

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2: although small, you get to learn a bare amount of 7 hands about the rest of the table

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Well, in the given example I don't think this would be valid; you must have already been watching the game while waiting for your seat to open or you wouldn't know how valuable the seat that just opened is. I'd switch seats.

[Schneids]

Why can't you just wait a hand and get back in in the CO for free?

[PokerBob]

I'd do it in a heartbeat. Plus, the new player may take a while to get there, so you still can get some hands in your old seat.

[Barry]

Where the heck are you playing or is this online?

In Vegas and most of the East Coast, you can move left past 2 live players for free.

[JasonP530]

He is right, and it is worth it to move seats. You can isolate all you want then.

[DiamondDave]

Getting the best seat at the table is way more valuable than a few extra hands in a worse seat at the same table.