November 7, 2007
Tight Aggressive Play is Not the Only Winning Style
The second topic that presenter Tony Guerrera and Mike Caro discussed in their interview was the idea of aggressive play.
A lot of the older poker literature stresses aggressive play as a winning style, but it was generally written when limit hold ‘em was being played and players were more passive. In the early days, aggressive was the way to beat many tables out there – you only played few hands, but aggressively played the ones you did.
Now there is a more straight forward aggressive style. When you have position, you need to learn to play it really well, especially against straight forward opponents who let you know what they have by their actions.
Having the button or being in the cutoff are key opportunities for you to steal post-flop or bet pre-flop with the intention of bluffing post-flop. There are also other opportunities for you to incorporate some more loose aggressive play techniques.
Passive play is not recommended by most literature, but there are times when it will get you more value than aggressive play, especially with other aggressive players. By playing the game a little more passively, you can trap or take maximum advantage of some opponents. This isn’t a tactic to use all the time, but can be profitable.
Hear more of the interview at http://www.2007cppc.com/#guerrera.
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