Key to success in poker – observation of rivals and adaptation to their manner of a game. Before looking at the cards and to evaluate the position, you should define type of opponents who sit with you at a table. It is to complete the picture better to use programs of statistics.
Usually in poker select 4 big groups of players:
- Taytovo-passivnye (Nita);
- Taytovo-agressivnye (TAGi);
- Luzovo-passivnye (fish);
- Luzovo-agressivnye (LOGS).
This division which is quite generalized therefore we will break these groups into smaller and we will talk about features of a game of 8 types of opponents in poker. Characteristics on players mean generally a game at short tables of a cache (6-max).
Answering machine (calling station)
As the poker player the answering machine is very weak, but as the rival – is ideal. The answering machine – a golden goose for regulyar. He likes to play any one-colored hand and all aces. For him poker in http://ru.game-avtomatii.com – entertainment, and it often plays also in casino. The answering machine almost does not reyzit on a preflopa, and just comes limpy or the call. Then it kollirut almost any flop and a sloe and only on Rivera thinks of a folda, but out of curiosity often again kollirut. Some answering machines have high aggression on Rivera (> 3.0). They understand that they have a weak hand and begin to put in desperate attempt to steal bank. Therefore if any dro was not closed, be going to play the check/call against such answering machines. Range of a reyz of the answering machine on a preflopa is extremely taytovy and is strongly similar to ranges of opening of nit. It reyzit only the best hands and 3-betit high couples and joint stock company. The answering machine never sfoldit on 3-bt if considers that it has a strong hand. Therefore with AA, KK and QQ to a 3-betta more: put not standard 9bb, and at once 11-13bb. If such player limpit, then in a position isolate him with all the range of opening because the answering machine makes huge mistakes on a postflopa. Your task is to take away its stack before it makes another regulyar. The answering machine almost never reyzit on a postflopa without two couples or it is better therefore on its aggression throw out the overpara or TPTK (even if it was mines-reyz). Typical statistics of the VPIP answering machine: 45-70% of PFR: 5-10% Aggression: <1.5 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 1-4%: almost Steel does not fall: 8-15% Fold on Steel: 40-60% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 50-80%: 30-60% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 30-35%.
Passive Phish
Such Phish plays better than the answering machine. It has some knowledge of strategy and understands what to kollit reyz with Jh-3h – a bad invention therefore in comparison with the answering machine plays narrower ranges and does it more aggressive. However it all the same kollirut too many the dominated hands and weak dro. On a postflop passive Phish shows aggression only from natsa, and on Rivera is capable to put with not reached dro. On a flopa it is often colitis with many weak hands (for example, with average or lower couple) therefore at an output on a sloe And, K or Q in it it is necessary to put the second barrel: these cards will often frighten him, and he will throw out a marginal hand. Typical statistics of passive Phish of VPIP: 30-35% of PFR: 15-20% Aggression: <2 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 3-5%: 30-55% Steel: 15-30% Fold on Steel: 50-65% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 50-80%: 40-65% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 25-30%.
Maniac
Play against maniacs – all the same what to ride a roller coaster: terribly and fascinatingly at the same time. Be not afraid to expand against them the ranges of opening and also luzovy to a kolliruyta of their oll-ina. The maniac likes to betit on all three streets of a postflop. He hopes that he rates will force the rival to sfoldit. Therefore give to the maniac the chance to bluff. Other fine tuning: not to a kolliruyta of its preflop-reyza with low connectors. The maniac will often mold potbeta, and you will have no necessary chances of bank to drag dro. Reyza it is better to kollirovat the maniac with high cards and then with TPTK to equalize its kontbeta. It is not always convenient to play against maniacs: they too strongly untwist dispersion therefore do not bluff against them. If you made reyz and well got in flop, then often the maniac will have nothing, and he will begin to bluff. Therefore do not force an event: the rival himself will give the stack. You remember: maniacs tend to sloupleit natsa and to put with weak hands therefore play carefully if you see the check. Typical statistics of the maniac of VPIP: 50-90% of PFR: 30-60% Aggression: <3.5 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 10-30%: 20-40% Steel: 40-90% Fold on Steel: 20-50% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 70-100%: 20-40% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 25-35%.
Nit
Nit is, in fact, the one more kind of Phish, only he goes into other extremes – plays too narrow ranges. He plays so few hands that you will almost not notice its presence at a table. In it there are two great advantages: on a preflopa against nit it is possible to lay with any two cards (any2), and on a postflop to put kontbt nearly in 100% of cases. Nit opens very much taytovo therefore against it profitably a set - to mine and kollirovat with one-colored connectors. You will have fine return implayd-oddsa: It will be difficult for overpar to throw out Nita which managed to wait for pocket aces or kings. Not the most profitable rival Nit, but also he will not cause big problems. Its stack will be slowly, but steadily to thaw. Typical statistics Nita VPIP: 10-13% of PFR: 5-8% Aggression: <3.0 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 3-5%: 30-50% Steel: 10-20% Fold on Steel: 80-90% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 60-80%: 65-75% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 20-25%.
AVS-regulyar
This player only began to play poker. He read several articles on strategy and with enthusiasm rushed to the wild jungle of online poker. But lack of experience affects its game: AVS-regulyar is often passive and, despite a good preflop-game, makes a heap of expensive errors on a postflopa. It plays predictably and quite often gives force of the hand through a bet-sayzing. Not the strongest rival, but also not Santa Claus with a bag of money. Typical statistics AVS-rega of VPIP: 16-21% of PFR: 10-18% Aggression: <3.0 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 3-7%: 60-80% Steel: 15-20% Fold on Steel: 80-90% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 50-75%: 60-75% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 20-25%.
Excessively aggressive regulyar
Such rivals understand value of aggression in poker, but often go too far. Usually on a constant basis they roll MTT, but not a cache, or just play in a tilta. Excessively aggressive regulyar badly knows the strategy of a game in deep stacks and stakes on kontbeta and reyza of others continued rates, trying to receive fold from the rival. The problem is that such player selects boards, improper on texture, for the aggression. If on a sloe there is a "scary" map, then it almost always puts the second barrel. However not all from them continue to betit therefore it is important to look at their indicator of aggression on each of streets. At some of them aggression strongly falls on Rivera. For example, indicators of aggression can be such: flop – 5.5; a sloe – 3.5; the river – 1.0. Other part of players will have almost identical to all streets indicator of aggression. Naturally, against the second group of excessively aggressive regulyar you should the check / kollit is more often than the river. In situations stil/restit these opponents will have high 4-bt (higher than 7%) therefore narrow your range 3-beta, but expand a range 5-bet-pusha (include hands of TT+ and AQs + there and add a couple of bluffs like A2s-A5s). As they will often reyzit kontbeta and to floatit much, you should play against them more brodveyny hands less connectors. If too aggressive reg sits on blaynda, and you have QQ+ and joint stock company, then after a reyz of the player sitting, for example, on ER ilimr do not do 3-bt, and just to a kolliruyta. So you will provoke skviz from an aggressive blaynd. Typical statistics of excessively aggressive regulyar of VPIP: 22-30% of PFR: 19-27% Aggression: 3.5-5.5 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 9-20%: 35-50% Steel: 40-60% Fold on Steel: 60-75% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 75-85%: 30-50% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 25-35%.
Taytovo-agressivnaya shark
This type of the opponent together with the LOG is one of the most unpleasant in poker. TAG has the balanced strategy why it is difficult to operate it. If 2-3 TAGa sit at a table and there is no large big fish, then at once leave. TAG knows where there is a fold button. Even if you will manage to zablefovat it few times, then in the long term all of you equally it will not beat on http://ru.game-avtomatii.com/play-money: TAG will quickly adapt to your aggression and will find counterweapon. Typical statistics of the taytovo-aggressive player of VPIP: 20-25% of PFR: 18-23% Aggression: 3.0-4.5 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 7-12%: 55-65% Steel: 30-45% Fold on Steel: 55-65% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 65-75%: 55-65% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 20-25%.
Luzovo-agressivnaya shark
Such player unlike TAGa sometimes abuses aggression, especially at a weak table. LAS tries to confuse and exploit opponents, but it all the same has rather balanced game and is a strong and difficult rival. The LOG style enough dispersionen also requires a remarkable skill of a game on a postflopa. Typical statistics of the luzovo-aggressive player of VPIP: 24-30% of PFR: 22-27% Aggression: 3.5-5.0 3-bt: Fold on 3-bt 9-15%: 50-60% Steel: 45-55% Fold on Steel: 65-70% of Kontbet: Fold on kontbt 70-80%: 45-65% Pass to the show retard (WTSD): 20-25%
Conclusion
Always keep in mind that it is only recommendations. Each player is individual and has own regularities and features. The more at you hands on the opponent, the more precisely you can define its type. On 300 hands the answering machine can look as the maniac, and LAS as nit. Experience, an intuition and statistics will help you to define more precisely type of the rival and to select against it the correct line of a draw.