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Message: [QUOTE="nabmom, post: 1868266, member: 63826"] [b]Player Types[/b] Why is this important? New players should start by focusing on how to play their own hands (pre-flop hand selection, recognizing outs and when you have the nuts, etc.) but then quickly move on to how to play against opponents’ hands [B]What do you mean by player types? [/B] Based upon their general poker-playing styles, there are some generalizations you can make about how opponents will react in various situations. Recognizing these styles can help you make better decisions and also exploit flaws in your opponents’ play. [B]How do I identify the player types?[/B] As you play multiple hands and sessions against opponents, you can note how often they are playing a hand, how often they are raising when they play a hand (versus just limping in), how often they fold to a c-bet, etc. Search the forums for HUD or HEM or PT3 and you’ll find lots of information. Also search for an explanation of what the various stats mean (beyond the scope of this discussion). Crushing the Microstakes (CTM) discusses players as follows, in a continuum of roughly tight-playing to loose-playing players. Note that terminology here is not unique to this book; these are standard terms for player types. Note also that the LAG style (loose-aggressive) is not discussed in CTM. Maybe BlackRain can discuss more here why he preferred to leave this out of the book. [B]Nits[/B]:[LIST] [*]Tight and play only their best hands [*]Stats like 10/8 full ring (FR); maybe up to 14/12 at 6-max? [*]Only get aggressive when they have the nuts [*]Will fold often to steals and c-bets [*]Exploit: You can push them off speculative hands by stealing their blinds and c-betting against them often [*]Watch out: If they push back, they probably have a good hand[/LIST][B]TAGs[/B]:[LIST] [*]Tight Aggressive [*]Considered by CTM (and many others) to be the optimal playing style. [*]Still tight but play some speculative hands along with their best hands [*]Stats like 15/12 FR; maybe up to 19-20/17-18 at 6-max? [*]Will still fold often to c-bets [*]Exploit: Hard to exploit and CTM suggests we try to avoid being in a hand with these types of players.[/LIST]SLPs:[LIST] [*]Semi-loose passive [*]Casual type of somewhat educated player. [*]Play more hands than are optimal and often call too much (as opposed to folding or raising) [*]Stats like 24/6 full ring (FR); I think the same at 6-max? [*]Exploit: They tend to call with draws and non-nut hands. Value bet frequently against them and with a wider range than you would against a solid player. [*]Watch out: According to CTM, they aren’t helping you print money like the loose players are[/LIST]Fish:[LIST] [*]Purely recreational players and want to play lots of pots. [*]Loose and play a very wide range of hands [*]Very passive and very sticky with hands once they have anything [*]Stats like 55/4 full ring (FR); I think the same at 6-max (they have no positional awareness and play the same game whenever they play [*]Will rarely fold to steals, 3-bet,s and c-bets [*]Tend to make tiny bets with their weak hands and big bets with their good hands [*]Exploit: Value bet, value bet, value bet [*]Watch out: DO NOT BLUFF. You can have a board with an A, flush, and straight potential and that won’t slow them down from playing to the river with their pair of 6s. They don’t recognize a scare card.[/LIST]Maniacs:[LIST] [*]Purely recreational players and want to play lots of pots. [*]Loose and play a very wide range of hands [*]Very aggressive and very sticky with hands once they have anything [*]Stats like 93/78 full ring (FR); I think the same at 6-max (they have no positional awareness and play the same game whenever they play) [*]Will rarely fold to steals, 3-bet,s and c-bets [*]Exploit: Value bet, value bet, value bet [*]Watch out: DO NOT BLUFF.[/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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