The First Player to Bet

Poker, especially Hold'Em, is a positional game.

Late position gives you a lot of information about your opponents' hands before you are required to act.

Being early has it's own advantages.

The more I play poker, the more I realize it's mostly a defensive game. All you can do is prevent losses while waiting for cards. The winners are the people who grind it out, folding, folding, folding for hours until they draw winning, if not unbeatable cards.

If I've got 2 pair, I literally have NO CHOICE but fold when a possible flush (pf) appears on the table and someone bets as if they have it.

Whoever is in position to bet first after scare cards hit the table usually win that hand, regardless of whether they have the flush or not. (Unless, of course, someone ELSE ACTUALLY does and CALLS THEIR BLUFF)

You can't ALWAYS be the first to bet every time scare cards hit the table, or your crediblity will evaporate quickly.

But if you're medium or late, and no one else has bet, with only 1-2 players "behind" you, it's a helluva great bluff opportunity.