What Kind Of Player Do YOU Think You Are?

[Valiant23]

This question is prompted by the ongoing discussion in the "Bad Play or Bad Luck" thread. Read the very short summary of the 4 basic types and (truthfully) choose which applies to you best. Tight Aggressive-These players will play very few hands. They recognize when they have the best hand and will make you pay. They are rarely lured into hands they shouldn’t be in, and they will make the most of pots they win. Tight Passive-These players are often called “rocksâ€. They play very few hands and when they do decide to play, they rarely bet or raise. They are content to sit back and wait for an absolute lock and will take whatever the pot will give them. Loose Aggressive Player-This player is in every pot and pushing, pushing, pushing with raise after raise. This style of play brings lots of excitement to a game, but also lots of chaos. The bad beat thread is full of these types. The Loose Passive Player-This player is in a lot of hands. Often called a “Calling Station†because he will call any bet, but is passive because he won’t raise or bet on his own. Now the common perception is that the best style of play is to be tight aggressive. This is something that Gaf in particular aspires to with a lot of success it has to be said. :ok I think that there is another way however, and will try and provide some support for that argument (it could be common knowledge after all)....but in an effort not to influence the vote in any way I won't post my evidence until Tuesday 10th January (to allow people who play the dollar up to take part).

[guesswest]

Re: What Kind Of Player Do YOU Think You Are? Not sure what kind of player I am, I alternate between all four. With regards to TAG play being the best play though: Is kinda an extension of the last thing I said on thepro's thread: LAG play is probably the winningest play if you can master it. The problem is that it's extraordinarily difficult to master, that's how Phil Ivey etc play. Most pro's can't play winning poker with a LAG style, it requires huge instinct, encyclopedic knowledge of the maths of the game, and the ability to make massive folds on a consistent basis. Very few people at the top level of the game can play a LAG style well, nevermind us lot. With the kind of play you get in freerolls/micro stakes, you can probably win with any of the above styles except LAG if you just give some thought to what people are playing against you with. But TAG has to be the way to go, a LAG style wouldn't even work there due to it relying so much on people folding to you. Bluffing just doesn't work at low stakes/free online play, people don't fold, so TAG is the common sense choice, because it allows you to get the most money in the pot when you have the best hand, and people will call anyway. That's not to say a TAG player shouldn't let aggressive opponents do the betting for them tho.