How To Exploit Different Player Types
Many poker players fit into categories that are easy to adjust to once you can identify them. Today, PokerCoaching Coach & Founder Jonathan Little breaks down how to categorize different poker players into player types, as well as several adjustments you can make to maximally exploit them!
All of the top poker professionals can quickly identify their opponents into different categories and they feel confident in executing their strategies against those player types.
In order to get a good understanding of your opponent’s you must be fully focused on every single poker hand that takes place. Put your phone away and watch how your opponent’s react to many different situations they will face at the poker table. If you are not exploiting your opponents you are leaving lots of money at the poker table! Learn their style and learn to exploit them!
How To Exploit Different Player Types #1 - Always Pay Attention
Ensure that you are constantly making mental notes of what your opponent's are doing incorrectly. Put your phone down, look away from the sports game - you should be doing everything you can to understand where your opponent is going wrong so that you can strategize against them!
How To Exploit Different Player Types #2 - Extrapolate On Your Observations
Once a player has given you some information on how they played a hand, try to extrapolate their mistakes into broader categories. For example, if a player makes a very wide call, you should assume that they call too light & frequently and should make a mental note not to bluff them as often!
How To Exploit Different Player Types #3 - Adjust To Your Opponent Accordingly
Now that you have put in the work to identify what your opponent is doing wrong, you need to capitalize by exploiting their mistakes. Ensure that you are going for the riskier bluff when you know your opponent over-folds and fold the strong hand if you know they never bluff. The tools are yours to do what you like with them, just make sure that the adjustments you are making make sense against the player type you are facing!
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