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Rowena105
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Post subject: What Type of Player are You  Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:08 pm |
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I'm asking this question because I'm interested in knowing what kind of player you "think" you are. Are you a tight, only play the premium hands type, or are you a loose, play anything hand (sometimes known as a donkey) by going allin pre-flop, or are you what you consider a combination of both a loose and tight player.
If you are a combination, when do you make the change up. Is it based on the cards you hold or the timing in the game or the position you are sitting in for that hand?
I consider myself a combination player depending on the cards I hold.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:51 pm |
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I would say that I am not any particular type of player. I play tight more often than not, but sometimes I am aggressive and sometimes I'm not. And I play different depending on the players on the table. If I am up against aggressive players then i prefer to trap them because I know they'll bet. So I let em. But against more conservative players I'd open up and bet more since they are more likely to let me have it. So there are a lot of factors that determine how I'll play at any given table.
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DiamondLil
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:32 pm |
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Well, since I'm such a newbie I'm not sure what kind of player I am. How do you tell the difference between a loose player and a tight player. I mean if someone has a good hand they are going to put a lot of chips into the pot aren't they? Does that make them a loose player?
When I have played some games I guess I can come back and tell you how I played and you can tell me whether you consider me a loose player or a tight player right?
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:21 am |
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Actually, I'm both. It all depends on the way the other people at the table are playing. If they are playing loose aggressive then I tighten up and wait for premium hands.
If they are playing tight then I loosen up and steal the blinds when I can and go for broke when I get good hands. When I say go for broke I mean that I slow play hands with these tight players and then nail them on the turn or the river.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:55 pm |
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Well, I have read a lot of what is on this forum and there is some terrific advice here. I finally took the plunge and played in my first tournament today. Man do I suck. I tried playing a tight game and for about the first 20 hands I was holding my own.
Then I got ppAces and I decided I should play them very aggressive and so I bet 1/2 my stack. Someone, I don't remember the name, raised me to allin and I figured that from what I read I have the best hand going in, so I called him.
He had pp10 and wouldn't you know it the flop gave him three 10s and I didn't get another ace so down the drain I went.
Now would you call that loose playing? I guess it was cause I lost all my chips.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:29 am |
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Actually, you played that right technically, either you slow play them and just call the blind or you bet them big and isolate another player. You got all your money in with the best hand and the other player got what's referred to as a suck out. So don't beat yourself up. The more players in the hand against your aces the more that can out-draw you. So you did it pretty much the right way and just got unlucky. Chances are if you had gone all in right from the start the other player would have probably called anyway - though you can never tell.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:42 am |
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Well I guess for the most part I'm a fairly tight aggressive player. I try to play position a lot and when I have the cards and the position I will go aggressively forward.
But I do try to mix it up quite a bit. I will bluff at times but it is very rare that I have to show my bluffs so most people don't think I bluff at all. As I don't do it often it is effective. That's because of having a tight player reputation.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:00 am |
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I don't think I have one particular style. I play different startegies depending on how many are at the table, what the chip stacks are, how big or small mine is, and how many are left in the tournament. I try to mix things up and play position in there also. And I'm still learning, so I also find that my mood affects my play as well.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:22 pm |
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I'd like to think of myelf as a tight-aggressive player. But this is sometimes wishful thinking. I strive to be a good tight-agressiver player because I think as a general playing style this is the most effective - but it isn't always the case, it's just what I strive for most of the time...lol
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:23 pm |
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Yep, tight-aggressive is the best general strategy. It isn't always easy to stay focused and play that way but it is the most effective general strategy. It's the one I try to shoot for at all times. Plus as an aggressive player you have more control over how the table bets and thast can make you or save you chips. For instance, if players know you are agressive they will be less likely to bet out at you when they are on weaker hands and if they have good hands they will bet less or bet smaller thinking that if you are agressive that you will bluff at them. You see thast all the time on TV, players that check because they know they have an agressor on the table who will bet for them so that by calling they do not give away as much information about the true strength of their hands.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:03 am |
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aces_up wrote: I would say that I am not any particular type of player. I play tight more often than not, but sometimes I am aggressive and sometimes I'm not. And I play different depending on the players on the table. If I am up against aggressive players then i prefer to trap them because I know they'll bet. So I let em. But against more conservative players I'd open up and bet more since they are more likely to let me have it. So there are a lot of factors that determine how I'll play at any given table.
I would probably be what is considered a "loose" player most of the time. I probably need to calm it down a bit though because as you mentioned about trapping, I am one of those who has gotten trapped quite a few times.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:13 am |
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leedug wrote: aces_up wrote: I would say that I am not any particular type of player. I play tight more often than not, but sometimes I am aggressive and sometimes I'm not. And I play different depending on the players on the table. If I am up against aggressive players then i prefer to trap them because I know they'll bet. So I let em. But against more conservative players I'd open up and bet more since they are more likely to let me have it. So there are a lot of factors that determine how I'll play at any given table. I would probably be what is considered a "loose" player most of the time. I probably need to calm it down a bit though because as you mentioned about trapping, I am one of those who has gotten trapped quite a few times. I, on the other hand, tend to go tight and watch for weaknesses in other players, particularly the cocky, too aggressive types. Yes, it sometimes is not a good idea to have just one style of play, but I've done pretty well so far.
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Rowena105
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:41 pm |
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It's very interesting to read about the different types of players we have in here. I'm sure that for the most part you are successful in playing the way you do.
I suggest that maybe mixing it up a little more will reap you more benefits because then people can't get a fix on your style and play against your style and not with the cards.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 4:33 pm |
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My "type" is not classified too easily. I play a lot by intuition. Not a lot of advanced book-nerdy theory . . . but some. Agressive on some days. Highly conservative on others. I try to aviod reading too much into the people at the table around me because I can be often as not dead-right or dead-wrong! I do this for fun!
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Post subject: Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:42 pm |
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Hopefully a SMART one. I don't think you can add much more to that. If you're smart, you win. If not, you don't. Enough said.
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