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Tight play - To play tight means to play much fewer starting hands, to fold when the hands are not strong and to enter the game only with strong combinations. The tight play is the best strategy for most of the situations, especially when playing with loose aggressive players i.e. maniacs. At the same time, if most of the other players play tight, it will be better for you to be more flexible than to wait passively for stronger hand. In many situations, when starting with mediocre hands, it is better to fold when a tight player raises. With these type of players you better call only when your hands are strong enough. If you have very strong hand, do not be afraid to raise tighter players – in most of the cases they will not fold.
The passive player raises not often even if he has strong hands. Usually the passive player calls even if he has not very strong hand but he raises only when his hand is very strong i.e. he has at least three of a kind. If you use the passive style of play with passive players, you will hardly increase your profit. But if other players are playing aggressively, the passive style for you will be more favourable than the aggressive one.
Different types of games require certain kinds of betting. We can find different types of betting in Texas Holdem, in fixed limit game or in other types of poker. You can find some specific betting conditions if you are playing poker online too.
- Pot odds is favourable for you;
- You think that your hand is stronger than the hands of yor=ur opponents. You also think that you can answer a raise;
- You play with opponents who are ready to answer to whatever you bet even when they have weak hands;
- You have a good chance to improve your hand after a draw or free card;
- The player after you is a tight player and you open the game knowing that he aswers your bet rarely;
- You have very strong hand and you hope to re-raise if someone raises your bet. If after you is playing an aggressive player, it is better for you to open the game than to check-raise;
- You are in late position where the strategy check-raise may lose;
- You are the dealer or play before the dealer and you are not afraid that your bet will be raised;
- Players before you never play check-raise;
- There are a few players ay the table;
- You are bluffing and you want other players to fold;
- You want to steal ante;
- You want other players to think that you want to steal ante. If you succeed, other players can call or raise with weak hands. The most favourable time for this is when the amount of money in the pot increased several times after all players check;
- You want other players to think that you are a loose player who opens the game no matter what cards he hold;
- Your opponents already think that you are a loose player and you did not attend a game for a long time, that’s why you make the first bet with weak cards – in order to support the image.
- Your opponents already think that you are a tight player and you did not attend a game for a long time, that’s why you make the first bet with weak cards since you know that nobody is going to answer that;
- You want to show some new players that it is possible to open the game with weak cards in early position.
These are some of the aspects of poker strategies. Of course, you have to read also about the reasons to call, to raise, to re-raise and many other interesting things about poker. But nothing is more important than experience!
The two main styles in poker are loose and tight. Depending on the betting style, a player can be passive or aggressive. The aggressive player raises and re-raises very often. A very aggressive style is appropriate if you play with a player who is ready to fold when you raise even when his cards are better than yours. A moderate aggressiveness is good always when you play tight. If most of the players are passive, the lack of aggressiveness will lead you to less profit, nothing more! Your playing style with aggressive players should be tight but you should call only if you have strong hands. In this case, you can raise and re-raise and don’t worry that other players will fold. A good strategy against aggressive, frequently bluffing players is to fold not very strong hands when they raise, making them believe that their raises are substantial and this way making them play even more aggressively with not that strong hands.