Exploiting other people’s weaknesses is the key to lucrative profit in poker. Most players will consistently make mistakes that you can take advantage of. Knowing how to play against tight players, loose players, aggressive players and passive players is very important.
The Tight Player
Tight players are harder to take advantage of than loose players. If they’re highly skilled, it can be even more difficult. The main way to take advantage of tight players is to steal their blinds. They often times won’t fight back if they don’t have the cards to back it up. Steal from the small blind, the dealer and dealer+1.
The Loose Player
The loose player is your cash machine. They consistently play bad cards, so the strategy here is to play tight, wait for good cards and then punish the loose player for playing so loosely. You may have to wait a round or two, but the reward will be well worth it.
The Loose Passive Player
This is the best scenario possible. This player is also known as the “calling tank.” They’re players who’ll play almost any two cards and call even when they have nearly nothing. The strategy here is to wait for a good hand, bet the value of your hand and watch as the calling tank fills up your chip stack.
The Hyper Aggressive Player
Often times in low limit games you’ll run into the hyper aggressive player who’ll bet or go all in with just about any hand. Depending on how aggressive this player is, you generally want to play tight and wait for a good hand. You can often double up on these players. You can go up against the player with a semi-good hand if you want to take the risk, since chances are he doesn’t have anything. However, to play it safe, it’s best to wait for a really good hand.
These are some of the more common characters you’ll find in an online poker game. Learn to spot the signs, take careful notes and exploit those weaknesses!
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Man.. you should use in-game footage for lists like these. I don’t care about cinematic trailers, I want to see the GAMES.
Analysing the game……
Let's take an example where you play defect throughout the game and your opponent played with a probability of 1/2 throughout the game.
In 10 rounds, you lost 5 rounds and you won 5 rounds.
(take defect and defect as a lose)
You lost 5(10) points and you won 5(500) points
Your opponent lost 5(10) + 5(100) points and won 0 points.
Overall, you won 2450 points and your opponent lost 550 points.
Let's take an example where you play defect throughout the game and your opponent played defect throughout the game.
In 10 rounds, you lost 10 rounds and you won 0 rounds.
You lost 5(10) points and you won 0 points.
Your opponent lost 5(10) points and won 0 points.
Overall, you lost 50 points and your opponent lost 50 points.
Let's take an example where you play defect throughout the game and your opponent played cooperate throughout the game.
In 10 rounds, you lost 0 rounds and you won 10 rounds.
You lost 0 points and you won 10(500) points
Your opponent lost 10(100) points and won 0 points.
Overall, you lost 5000 points and your opponent lost 1000 points.
Let's take an example where you play cooperate throughout the game and your opponent played with a probability of 1/2 throughout the game.
In 10 rounds, you lost 5 rounds and you won 5 rounds.
(take cooperative with cooperative as a win)
You lost 5(100) points and you won 5(300) points
Your opponent lost 0 points and won 5(500) + 5(300) points.
Overall, you won 1000 points and your opponent won 4000 points.
Let's take an example where you play cooperate throughout the game and your opponent played defect throughout the game.
In 10 rounds, you lost 10 rounds and you won 0 rounds.
You lost 10(100) points and you won 0 points.
Your opponent lost 0 points and won 10(500) points.
Overall, you lost 1000 points and your opponent won 5000 points.
Let's take an example where you play cooperative throughout the game and your opponent played cooperate throughout the game.
In 10 rounds, you lost 0 rounds and you won 10 rounds.
You lost 0 points and you won 10(300) points
Your opponent lost 0 points and won 10(300) points.
Overall, you won 3000 points and your opponent won 3000 points.
By playing defect throughout the game,
you can possibly have
1) You WIN and opponent LOSE
(Win to opponent by 1900)
2) You LOSE and opponent LOSE
(Lose to opponent by 0)
3) You LOSE and opponent LOSE
(Lose to opponent by 4000)
By playing cooperate throughout the game,
you can possibly have
1) You WIN and opponent WIN
(Win to opponent by -4000, meaning you still lose to opponent by 4000)
2) You LOSE and opponent WIN
(Lose to opponent by 4000)
3) You LOSE and opponent LOSE
(Win to opponent by 0)
Therefore, it can be concluded that the best strategy is to use defect throughout the game.(you have 1/3 probability of winning your opponent by playing defect whereas you have 0 probability of winning your opponent by playing cooperate)