<p>Poker, be it in physical or digital form, is a game that involves skill, luck, and psychological prowess. If you want to be good at it, you’ll need all three of these abilities at your disposal at all times. You can’t influence luck, unfortunately, but with skill and psychological prowess, you definitely can.</p>
<p>The latter is oftentimes the difference-maker between great and good players… and believe me, the difference between the two is night and day.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Four Typical Poker Players You’ll Come Across</h2>
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<p>One of the crucial factors behind psychological prowess is knowing what sort of players you’re playing against. Understanding what they’re doing, learning their tells, and predicting their next moves are all of equal importance.</p>
<p>But, you won’t be able to do any of that until you sort your opponents into one of four poker player types.</p>
<p>Some guides have five different types, and some have seven, but we’re staying true to the simplest sorting style which involves the following four player personalities:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Loose-Passive</strong></li>
<li><strong>Loose-aggressive</strong></li>
<li><strong>Tight-passive</strong></li>
<li><strong>Tight-aggressive</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>You’ll need plenty of information to make the right choice here. For instance, you’ll need stats like VPIP (percentage of voluntarily putting money into the pot), PFR (pre-flop raise percentage), AF (aggression factor), and 3BET (percentage of re-raises before the flop).</p>
<p>Once you feel like you’ve gathered enough information, you can proceed to sort your challengers into one of the following four baskets:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Loose-Passive Players</h3>
<p>Commonly known as <em>calling stations, </em>loose-passive players are characterized by playing too many hands way too passively. In other words, this means they’ll play a high percentage of hands but without raises or bets. All they do is make calls all the time, when they should <em>and </em>when they shouldn’t.</p>
<p>In most cases, loose-passive players are beginners who are yet to make proper strategical alignments to their gameplay. While they typically don’t have good winning consistency, they can be frustrating to play against. That’s because they stay in the game for far too long and often have luck on their side at the worst possible moments.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">How to Play Against This Type of Poker Players</h3>
<p>While their loose nature makes it incredibly difficult to read their plays, you still have to be aggressive. However, you mustn’t be too aggressive, otherwise, you’ll fall into the trap and find yourself calling too many bets too.</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-1777 aligncenter" src="https://winz-blog.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/poker_players_c194ea42a1.jpg" alt="Poker Players" width="512" height="342" srcset="https://winz-blog.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/poker_players_c194ea42a1.jpg 512w, https://winz-blog.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/poker_players_300x200_e1e81e8268.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></p>
<p>Balance is key when playing against loose-passive players. You have to play aggressively whenever you have a solid hand. If you notice your loose-passive opponent can’t read a bluff even if his life depended on it, then that’s the route you should take. Bluffing is a powerful tool against these players since it puts them in a tough spot.</p>
<p>Once again, this type of poker player can be frustrating. But, if you can find the right balance and execute timely bluffs, you’ll sort them out in no time.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Loose-Aggressive Players</h3>
<p>Commonly known as LAGs, loose-aggressive players also play a lot of hands. But, instead of playing them passively, they’ll look to bet or raise whenever they have an even remotely solid hand. On top of that, they also have a tendency for high-risk maneuvers including early-game aggression and even a willingness to go all-in very early on.</p>
<p>If they have a firm grasp on poker strategies, loose-aggressive players can be insanely tricky to play against. Their playstyle is especially difficult for beginners and players who have just started to implement strategic elements to their gameplay.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">How to Play Against This Type of Poker Players</h3>
<p>To beat LAGs, you’ll have to roll up your sleeve and fully focus on getting them out of their comfort zone. But, you cannot achieve that by playing every single hand. If they draw you into playing too many hands, their aggression will eat your budget round in and round out.</p>
<p>Instead, you’ll have to adopt a tighter playstyle, focusing on better hand selection and hoping you’ll get even stronger post-flop. It’s a challenging feat, though, but as long as you stay patient and strategically outwit your LAG opponents, you should be fine.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Tight-Passive Players</h3>
<p>Moving on with our explanations of the four different types of poker players, let’s talk about rocks. Yep, tight-passive players are often referred to as <em>rocks </em>because they’re insanely difficult to play against. No matter your skill level, if you’re playing against a proper tight-passive player who knows what he’s doing, you’re in for an uphill struggle.</p>
<p>These guys might appear easy to beat at the first glance. However, the more you play against them, the more worried you’ll become as they’ll almost never enter subpar hands. The only times they’ll actually call is when they’re certain they’ll win.</p>
<p>But, how do you play against this? What sort of magic can you pull off to beat these guys?</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">How to Play Against This Type of Poker Players</h3>
<p>Well, first and foremost, you have to be patient. Patience is the name of the game here – you simply have to wait for the right hands, even if it means subsequent blinds eating your budget piece by piece. You have to combat their conservative playstyle with a conservative playstyle of your own. If you want a decisive win, you’ll have to play the good old game of patience. It’s going to be frustrating, that I can tell you right away. But, once you eliminate a rock, the feeling will be AMAZING!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Tight-Aggressive Players</h3>
<p>Commonly known as TAG, a tight-aggressive playstyle is what all wannabe professional poker players thrive for. Oftentimes, you’ll see the TAG playstyle labeled as the go-to playstyle for professionals. While it is immensely difficult to play against experienced TAG players, it takes a lot more than raw skill to play this playstyle correctly.</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-1779 aligncenter" src="https://winz-blog.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/poker_players1_751c0b3217.jpg" alt="Players at the Poker table" width="512" height="397" srcset="https://winz-blog.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/poker_players1_751c0b3217.jpg 512w, https://winz-blog.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/poker_players1_300x233_6e1e64d01e.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></p>
<p>This playstyle requires a lot of discipline and control of every single hand you play. You’ll need both to play against TAG players too, but more on that is coming right up!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">How to Play Against This Type of Poker Players</h3>
<p>Hand selection is what you’ll have to perfect in order to consistently outplay TAG players. Against these players, you’ll have to be extra careful with your hand selections to avoid getting drawn into playing too many hands.</p>
<p>While this sounds straightforward at first, it’s going to be rather difficult as your opponent won’t give you a lot of options to play with, especially if it’s just the two of you left at the table.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">What Type of a Poker Player Should You Be?</h2>
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<p>Arguably, for consistent results (AKA consistently winning money), you’ll need to adapt your playstyle to the types of players you’re playing against. But, you should stick with aggressive playstyles, either loose or tight depending on the competition.</p>
<p>If you’re playing too passively, especially at a lower level, you’ll quickly get eaten up by the blinds. It’s going to be either that or lack of temperament that’ll push you into a bad all-in hand. This is often the biggest death trap for beginners.</p>
<p>Some things will come only with experience, I’m afraid. Some things just cannot be learned – you have to experience certain scenarios to understand what happened and how to prevent it from happening again. That’s pretty much why poker is such a charming game, to begin with.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Summary</h2>
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<p>So, what are your thoughts on our discussion regarding the four different types of poker players? Have you managed to fit your playstyle into one of the four baskets?</p>
<p>We sincerely hope we have shed light on some of the burning poker questions you might’ve had. Stay tuned for more poker content and, as always, thanks for reading the whole piece!</p>


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