The Aggressors - Guide To Poker Players

If you play with all the power of uncontained aggression then this is you! Aggressors don't understand their hand value, don't consider yours, hardly glance at the board but instead will bet like lunatics at every given opportunity in a bid to get their opponents off the hand and steal the blinds.

How many of us have played in games where somebody at the table makes ridiculous pre-flop raises at every given opportunity? Occasionally these are 'Fish' who think a K J is the key to the kingdom, more often then not it's the trade mark of an 'Aggressor'.

'Aggressors' will often bet and raise very bad hands to the river and in doing so will bluff a lot of us off the hand which gets very frustrating for the rest of the players especially when the Aggressor's chips start piling up. But don't panic just yet, 'Aggressors' make mistakes too so to beat them at their own game look out for the following: they have the betting reflex so if you check they will bet and they will frequently raise with poor hands. If you spot this you can re-raise with a better hand and take the pot.

If you hold the top pair or flop the top pair then play for everything its worth against them – raise, raise and raise some more. Aggressors are often just crazy gamblers who are only interested in the big pots. Where most of us are happy to sit back and take the frequent small wins, Aggressors are not content with that and make sure that any pot they are in is a large one.

A lot of Aggressors believe that poker is a game of luck and do not rate he skill required to be a master at the game. Use this to your advantage – in the short term Aggressors may win but over the long term, slow and steady will win the race and so will you!

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