What type of Poker Player are you? What's Your Style? 

i bought a new microphone with noise cancelling. i'll try moving it away a bit though, I want to get the sound quality as crisp as possible so it will stop tilting you guys :P

Damn - spend some of that poker money on a new microphone.

Thanks for taking the time to help us out Evan, I really appreciate the effort and thought you put into this. Happy Poker playing!

Good stuff! But you really should switch to a better quality microphone, man!

Great video mate. Nothing wrong with the mic as long as the volume is high enough to hear you. Love your little descriptions of the characteristics of these players. Walking down alleyways lol.

Got better after doing the background work, but getting calm made the difference. I guess that comes with mostly familiar play and adjustment to tables. Thx for the refreshers here on YT

amazing video evan, thanks so much. i am a beginner seeking to understand the various strategies and hitting this point where true LAGs would either read me far too easily playing TAG and then just start pushing me around to the point where i got suckered into wanting to call their *seemingly* consistently over the top bluffs.... disaster! shifting gears and playing positionally in response has made me feel more versatile and situationally aware. i have actually shut down some obviously experienced LAGs (and one trick donkeys) when they saw me play back at them intelligently! excited to keep learning. great resource you're offering.

LAG is overall IMO certainly the best style considering you play well in position & have good BRM and don't jump stakes when you hit that enticing up swing due to variance...

will be posting that in tomorrow video, stay tuned

great material, but my god, brutha, the audio! lemme know if you want some help

love the video series, ive been around poker as a kid forever but never got into it till just recently, turning 21 soon i figured i should apply my wits at the game and learn how to play for the long run, Keep it up and KEEP STACKIN! with as many vids as you have id advise upgrading your mic/audio system just to get some crystal clear audio quality , around 14:00 it gets pretty fuzzy. just my opinion.

I'm not sure a player can afford to play only one speed. I'm a NIT in a full 10-player ring game but as a game becomes more short handed my game speeds up to follow suit. Adaptability is key. If a game ever gets down to 5 handed I become very LAGy which can be quite disorienting for opponents who are expecting me to play a tight game. This is particularly effective in a tournament structure. By the time your opponents realize you've sped up rather than just getting a good run of cards you've substantially increased your stack. Likewise tourney blind structures at some point will require us to speed up. Even in a full ring cash game we can't be overly cautious and we need to be looking at spots to bluff and make hero calls. A nit will often be read as weak-tight, so we need to have the situational awareness to capitalize on this perception. Capitalizing on the former is easier. There will always be spots where the action/board/players in the hand etc create a good spot to take a shot at the pot under the cover of your tight image. The latter is tougher though. If an opponent reads you as weak-tight and plans to run you down, that can be profitable for you, but it can also cause an expensive blunder. Far from being the easiest style to play, against some opponents you will need to develop a great deal of confidence in your read because you will face tough decisions. Being to the immediate left of LAGs who have you in their cross hairs doesn't hurt either.

I typically switch gears. When I first get to a live game for the first 30 minutes to an hour I'm typically a tight aggressive because I'm casing the table and I don't want to bring any attention to myself. After that once I earn people's trust I revert back to my default which is Loose Aggressive. I used to be weak tight and when I first started for about 3/4 years I was a fearless Donkey

Hey Evan, all your videos are filled with some consistently great info, thanks for all the work you put into this and I hope you keep it up and continue improving so that we all can continue improving as well, Appreciate it man.

Damn… the lag perfectly describes me - and ESPECIALLY the weaknesses.

your youtube videos are the bet., thank you for making them free.

I am probably somewhere in the middle of a NIT and TAG at my best. If things run bad, I need to force myself not to become week/tight. I would like to develop into a player somewhere between TAG and LAG - balanced.

this was excellent in helping me define my style and my opponents-Wonderful outline and explanation -TY

Keep in mind that someone can play nitty in one context but loose in another. If you play tight at the cash table, but kick your aggression levels up a gear in a tournament context, you'll probably end up ahead of the curve. But this also means that if you've profiled a player in one context, it's often a mistake to use that profile in another context.

lots of great content and commentary. thanks!😄

I play better in tournaments than I do in cash games. I can place in the top of over 400 people most of the time. Smaller tourneys much easier though.

I like to believe I am a thinking player that can morph into whatever is needed to drag pots!!

Glad the mic is louder :D Ignore the others complaining about it. Can't please everybody :/

He is a Loose Agressive ,who plays most unopened hands and tries to steal pre -flop or bluff people out of their hands post flop. If you can pick the hands where nobody has too good of a hand , you can win alot of money. Like Phil Ivey :)

Great video but I think you didn't explain characteristics of bottom three player types ..very old video so not sure if you had edited the video

Just remember that the most important person at the table is the Donk. Somebody has to subsidize the game.

I'm a LAG but can switch gears to a semi-TAG. I might be a real TAG for five hands but never a NIT or anything else. Is that good or bad, Gripsed?

Thanks for the info. I'll try to apply it and hopefully come out on top

Im becomming a nit if i receive tons of suckouts on stars. Im a TAG if Im on the good side of variance....

Thanks my friend!! Pretty good job!

I always thought I was a TAG but really I’m a nit. Good to know 😂

Not sure if it's the internet connection, but the audio is extremely scratchy.

I think I'm a weak tight player and I'm trying to improve my game, any suggestions on what mindsets I should focus on changing?

so lags > nit > tag > lags. Can anyone else confirm/deny this rock paper scissor dynamic

i think im chameleon i always tought im a lag but i have some of the nit and also somethings of the loose agressive

Tight and aggressive. But scared to lose so I fold allot. No bluffing with nothing! No all in before the flop. Golden rules

your the man! best poker videos around for us poor people ;) can your make a video where you show a good way too break calling stations pleasE??

Good video ....thanks for all you do!!..bro I appreciate you!! I started watching you on twitch recently I am a nit/lag if there’s a thing lol....peace brother, may your hands hold when you need!🌏✌️👽❤️

I'm a tag/lag most of the time but can be a nit in circumstances the need it.

Good info. Thanks!

Thx for another great video extremly helpfull. I tend to change style on the way i am running :). if I run good i tend to turn into a nit to protect my profits, when starting out i play tag looking for + ev spots to make money, and usually when i lose a big all-in pot i start playing lots of hands and apply maximum pressure when spots come up. haha anyway thx for another great video

Same here.

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Both

I sort of identified LAG's as "low ballers"; is that wrong to say? I just don't have enough lingo down to say if this is a similar comparison or not?

I'm a LAG (locals at my poker spot tell me) when I try to tighten up I turn into a weak tight. Is there anyway I can improve this? I'm slowly becoming a Nit But need some help lol

yeeaaa that is what it is all about im definately not going to miss another

I think the portion on the LAG type where it says "Focused on being the best player ever" should read "Thinks they're the best player ever ". That's how it is around here with them anyways. Or is there a very thin line between total donk and LAG? Is there a LAD (loose aggressive donk)?

My exams get over tomorrow, then I have 20 days to learn only poker till i start my internship. Hopefully poker can give me extra money to bawl.

Why is NIT considered "less thought provoking or less thought involvement"?

Good, good video. Thanks !

this guy is genius for real...

WOW, this was so good.

Nice one 😃

good info Evan

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i have enjoyed your training vids,regarding this info,like Buce Lee quoted I am no style, but all styles till there is no styles!!! chameleon good example..n1

wait for hand, value bet them to death, fold if they raise, dont bluff-raise ther min bets, profit?

I like being tight, aggressive and waiting for premium hands; and making the occasional bluff. But last Friday I thought I play differently and it didn't work out for me. I called any cards (like a novice) and wasting honey money. So yea, I like to be tight and aggressive. Playing small ball poker is good also. You don't need to bet £1K to win £50...but instead put 1/2, 3/4 of the pot to get information.

lol pretty funny considering im a LAG player and everything you said about a LAG, strengths/weaknesses is 100% corrext

SharkScope says I’m an eagle

My natural style is somewhere between a TAG and a LAG, but i adapt to the situation very well and that is byfar my greatest strength

love the miniature

What an amazing vid :)

you eating your mic man?!

So where did you finish in the WSOP?

can you plz make a guide on playing turbo sng´s? :D

Have you tried skypoker yet?

i guess im tight aggressive

I like your video 😊

i'm pretty sure i'm a nit

240th place for just shy of 40k!

lol that chameleon.

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I was gonna say all of them! You know me too well damn.

What is up with ur mic mate?

Im somewhere between a nit and a tag. Maybe I'm a tit?

guy is a great coach but needs a new mic desperately

nits are honest, tags keep you honest and lags are full of shit

oh great, i have gills

Damn I realized I'm a fish....

Hi can you tell me what style has Phil Ivey?

tom dwan is a lag

Sounds like the mic is stuck up your nose

I stopped at "A-Type" person. This was a mixture of good info and too much over thinking on trying to relate poker strategies/styles to people in life. If I were to redo this video I would remove any kind of analogy that does not simply speak of the understanding the moves these styles use and their limitations within the style. Good Try - I still thumbs it up.

i send a message to pokercoaching i was aloco ;lag and 888 make down i won alot live but to a bot play and cant stop the make me mental dead

canadians can't play on skypoker!

the miccc ;(

So pm me on twitter about coaching daz_poker

I used to be a donkey but now I'm a Chameleon

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Hahahaha I don't get tilted...these other guys watching do though ;D I'm j/k I've played like 10 rounds for money, I tilt like a bitch!!!

I dont like the term "A-Type human". these guys might bully the nerds which invented the internet, nuclear power, you Iphones and so on. I think THESE guys are in fact A-Type Human beings. but nevermind...

Like for a cameleon)

He is a DONKEY ;)

too close to mouth