Tuesday 16 October 2012

Learning The Different Holdem Player Styles

By Chris Loofisla


Playing poker is an activity that rewards careful attention. Careful study of your opponents will teach you about the different Holdem Player Styles. Understanding these different styles and techniques is an essential component to beating the game.

The basic style that everyone should be on the lookout for is the donkey. Otherwise known as the fish, these are the bad players. They consistently lose money because they simply do not understand how to play.

The most dangerous type of fish is the maniac. These players play every hand and play them fast. They will not fold, so do not try and bluff them. If you have Ace King and raise the maniac is going to call. If the flop comes Queen Jack 2 three spades, the maniac will shove with a deuce of diamonds. Sometimes they might shove all in with a ten eight, hoping to hit a gunshot straight. So, the correct way to play them is to make a hand a let them pay you off.

The other type of fish to take notice of is the passive calling station. These players are not dangerous in that they wont bluff you out of hands. What they will do is call. So these players also are not the type to try and bluff. They wont have the aggressive aggression of the maniac, but like them they also have little idea as to the correct strategy.

Good players fall into two categories. The first are called TAG's. These players are tight and aggressive. When they have a hand they bet strong. They are called tight because they do not play a lot of hands. They are not going to be entering into pots with non premium hands.

While the tight style of player is going to have a well defined range of hands, the loose aggressive player known as a LAG is going to play a wider range of hands. This makes it much more difficult to put them on a particular hand. They also play them aggressively. These players are different from maniacs in that while they do play a wide variety of hands, they play them well.

It is crucial that you learn about all the different styles of play. While it is not always possible to immediately determine how a person plays from a few hands, it is after a significant number. Once you have determined how they play it is something to take note of as people rarely change.




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