In poker like in real life you need to deal with certain types of people and to understand their nature in order to act accordingly, but when it comes to online poker it is slightly different, the fact that you can't see your opponents, their facial expression and analyze it which is an other aid tool for your gaming. Instead you need to assess the style of each player, their strengths & weaknesses since your main goal as a good poker player is to Adjust your play to that player style when you in the same pot together, recognize the "right moment" and use yourknowledge to make money. |
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The poker player divided to 4 different types. We will explain to you how every player act and think based on their betting patterns and how to pull them. These examples will help you to identify typical situation and a how to Handel it.
First we'll do a quick rundown of the name expressions:

"Tight"- is a player who plays relatively little (usually only premium) starting hands
then a "Loose" who plays a lot of starting hands.
Another aspect to take in consider are the players betting style."Passive" is when a player tend to check/call a lot and not often bet or raise whereas "Aggressive", tend to bet and raise pretty often. |
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Loose-Passive |
This is the a classic "amateur" play style, these types of players love pure action and play for just about anything that's remotely playable. These type of players are known as the" Fish” because they play too many hands and then will continue to call bets hoping for a miracle to happened even when the right thing to do is either fold or raise. For instance: if they hold simple hands like Ace-trash, low to medium pairs. That is also why they named “Calling Stations". Obviously the Loose – Passive players are pretty easy to defeat.
When you encounter this "fish" Bet each time you have a nice hand, yet, don't bet to much because eventually he will get scared and fold, make a reasonable bet to keep them in the hand, in this way you will be able to squeeze him at each stage until he is up and dry out it will do wonders to the size of the pot. Nevertheless, Be cautious when trying to bluff these players, even tough they are known as the "calling station" don't be emphatic because it's can come right back at you, so if you do bluff them - attack them very aggressively with a crucial Bet / Raise in order to an effective bluff. |
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Tight-Passive |
These players can win only thanks to all of those bad players on the net. Since they really love waiting for a nice starting hands and big flops it's like a "wake up call" for them and suddenly they will start to pop up. In case they have a really strong hand they tend to bet significantly, so if you don't think you can do batter – clear the way.
On the other hand if they have some doubt regarding the value of their card, they either "check" or "call" they are so easy to figure out & burly bluffs this why they're called as the "honest players".
These players can "survive" a long time since they don't risk many chips at all. These players are very easy to bluff out of a pot, since they're highly risk-averse (avoids risk-taking unless they have a real, strong hand). These players tend to play "honest" - betting roughly in proportion to the strength of their actual hands, making them easier to read.
For all the loose players out there be aware that the Tight-Aggressive players won't "milk" you with bets. |
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Loose-Aggressive |
When hear you the combination of the words "Loose" and "Aggressive" probably you referred this style as "maniac", since they will constantly bet or raise before and after the flop and play a lot of starting hands aggressively with a verity of cards, some will say that is maybe some kind of compensation for their lack off strong hands. moreover, in this cases a lot of the times they will put the players who hold the wining hands under pressure with a big aggressive bet and will make them to "fold". It's very hard to read them and analyze their moves due to their inconsistently, so far that they won't have any problem going "all-in" with a pair of aces or just a simple 8, 5 .These types of players are high-rollers even some of the most famous poker players are under the category of "loose-aggressive".
when you encounter these "maniacs", before they will hart you so badly is to breath in and breath out, be patient and attentive use your knowledge about them as a trigger to their tendency to be aggressive. when you hold those premium cards, he will be so busy with his bets, by then you will win the big pot. Sometime you can catch into certain situation when you got a simple hand during couple games you should bet small and let him win those minimum pots and wait for the strong hand to come and then win the huge pot big time. |
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Tight-Aggressive |
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So, now it's time for the grand finale the most winning players on the online poker world. This ultimate player prefer his starting hands very cautiously careful without exposure to instead of "limping in" to watch the flop, they tend to bet or raise seriously if they do keep the hand or will Fold without seeing a flop at all.
Generally when they hold a decent hand they'll bet or rise on the turn and at the river, even extreme bet in order to put their opponents under pressure, and after a few bets the chips piled and without noticing he got the pot. It's very difficult for loose player to play against this style, not even mention injury issues, yet it's hard to bluff a loose player without knowing approximately what he holds in, because one bad flop can cost him dearly in a big lost of money , also for the long run since people going to "mark" him as a bluffer. Usually a regular player will become aware of how many hands are played by other players and not necessarily how frequently a player bets. Once the others notice the on-going bluffing, they won't give up on the pot so quickly.
There are three key words that you need to remember or even memorize in order to have the right approach when dealing with this poker professor: patience, examination and firmed play. By rising wisely with valuable hands and then mix it from time to time with half-bluffs and blind - stealing, you'll be able to maintain your opponents off focus without knowing what will be your next step.
Understanding and reading your opponents play style is crucial and essential for winning. Knowing your own style and the impression you create at the table is important as well. However; the categories of the players style which written above have their benefits and disadvantages, but at playing time you should always adjust your style to a certain situation at the table you are playing at. |
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