Like most strategy in poker, playing the button properly will depend on your opponents. The button position has the advantage of watching everyone act before he has to, so when no one bets at a pot it’s a high percentage move to bet, regardless of your hand.

If no one has come into the hand, and it’s your play with only the blind positions remaining, it’s a high percentage move to raise the blind players. The money they have in the pot is forced, and they will most often have nothing in their hand. A raise makes them get off their weak cards.

If the blind players to your left are easy pushovers, you’ll steal their blinds again and again. This goes for flops too. If everyone checks to you it’s a good move to bet. If you get called you’ll usually get a free card on the next street.