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Strategic Considerations for Tight-aggressive Games
Safe Assumptions:Cards. Players usually have good cards, but be careful. They will mix things up and you should, too. Position. You must play your position correctly and expect that others are doing the same. Cost. High in relation to the pot size. Tight-aggressive players bet and raise to protect their hands. You are not allowed to limp in with mediocre cards when they have strong hands. Number of players. 3-4, the two blinds and maybe one or two callers. Just as in tight-passive games, the fact that fewer hands are played means that high cards and high pairs stand up more often.
Most Important Factor:Opponents' playing styles. To gain edge you must pay close attention to the people. Tight-aggressive players have underlying reasons for their actions which on a rational level make sense. These people are not governed by their emotion of the moment like loose-aggressive players often are. If you can discern their plans and strategies, it is possible for you to gain an edge by anticipating their actions. Players are good. It is easy to find yourself outplayed. Experience counts in tight-aggressive games. You are studying your opponents, but they are also studying you, and they might be better at discerning your actions than you are at discerning theirs. Players are good. It is easy to find yourself outplayed. Experience counts in tight-aggressive games. You are studying your opponents, but they are also studying you, and they might be better at discerning your actions than you are at discerning theirs. A Common Mistake:Passivity. It is easy in these types of games to be intimidated into folding hands with which you should have stayed the course. Hands that are nearly worthless in loose-passive games because so many players are on a draw, are valuable in tight-aggressive games. Suppose you hold A, Q and the flop is Q, 5, 4, of different suits. If the next two cards match one of the suits on the board, the flush possibility might discourage you from betting in a loose-passive game with six players vying for the pot. Loose players actually play these kinds of draws. But in a tight-aggressive game, no one stays just because they are hoping for two matching cards to make a flush. If you have a top pair and top kicker in this situation, place a bet.
Strategy:You must rethink what it means to have a good flop in a tight-aggressive game. The best flop for your cards may not be the best flop for your wallet. To illustrate this paradox, consider a time I had A, K, in a loose-aggressive game and the flop came up with three Aces. I got action on this hand because a loose-aggressive player in front of me thought he could bluff. The other players didn't believe him because he always bluffed and called his bets. I was in last position so all I had to do was quietly call to blend in with the unbelievers. This kind of play would never happen in a tight-aggressive game. If I held A, K, and the flop came up three Aces, I would have a worthless hand. No one would give me any action. To get action in a tight-aggressive game, it would be better if the flop didn't contain an Ace. A flop of K, 7, 3, would generate more action and I would still be in a good position. I would not have the lock of all the Aces, but if someone bet into me with a King, I would have the top kicker. An Ace could still fall later on and it is less likely that the 7 or the 3 are a threat, which they might be in a loose-aggressive game where people play any two cards. Not only must you rethink what it means to have a good flop, you must also rethink what it means to have a good hand. You may get away with stealing pots by betting marginal cards, and then 10se with strong cards. The difference is that your opponents won't challenge you unless they have strong cards. When your opponents are weak, they will back down. The attitude, "I'11 call to keep him honest," that pervades loose games doesn't exist in tight-aggressive games. If your opponents call or raise, don't become confident just because your cards are good this hand, and in a prior hand that you won, your cards were weaker. Your strong hands may be 10sers if tight-aggressive players are not respecting your bets. | Online Poker Software ProvidersBetSoft PokerMicroGaming PokerNetEnt PokerPlaytech PokerPlay’n Go PokerRTG PokerWMS PokerPlayson PokerNYX PokerEndorphina PokeriSoftBet Poker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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