Your type of play refers to your personality around
the poker table. It is
essential for a good player to have varied and rehearsed
‘roles’ that are
adopted throughout the length of a poker game. It is
even more important in
tournaments, given the massive inflow of new players;
when it might well come
down to what the other player thinks you’d do.
Whether you’re playing online or not; learn to stem
tells, habits and the
unconscious personality related behavior you put out to
other players and the
rewards will come through in your card game.
And always remember that everything can be
used to learn more
about your opponent including their nicknames, their
gestures and comments in
the chat room. This knowledge is free, it simply needs
to be sifted and moved
into your game… there’s money at stake!
Tight Aggressive: Tight-aggressive
is the most advocated
modern style of playing poker. It is valued for its
cautious and methodical but
decisive characteristics. Tight-aggressive playing is
characterized by patience
and acting on observations that squeeze opponents
without exposing the player to
undue risk. A tight-aggressive player has worked hard to
become one, fine-tuning
all facets of their game from managing ones bankroll to
position play and, as a
result, makes very few errors.
Tight-Passive: Brilliant pre-flop
game from this playing
style but the reluctance to raise or call instead of
merely checking can see
this player not maximizing the potential of their good
hands. An easily readable
playing style that will almost never bluff.
Loose Passive: These players are
known as ‘calling stations’
because they call poor hands and don’t bet enough money.
They usually aren’t
schooled in pot odds or any form of technicality
surrounding game. They usually
go home early.
Loose Aggressive: The more expensive
of the 2 loose player
variants. This player’s habit of aggressively raising
with poor hands
(read ‘any’) will see them come short in a big way. This
playing style is also
very easy to read; the silly bluffs and over-bets
attract a lot of attention
because stronger players can smell the big payday. Often
this is the style that
players trying to be tight-aggressive find themselves
playing in.
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