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R. Steve McCollum
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bluffer72
I'm not totally understanding the player icons. Some of them seem the same to me. I understand calling station, maniac, shark, mouse and rock. But bomb, red fish, green fish, and caution seem like the same thing but with average VPIP preflop. If that was the case tho, I dont understand how you could have a Bold Green bomb.
Ex.
Wouldnt a Maniac and a Bold Green Bomb be the exact same thing?
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Charts in the How to section have a lot of info, just sometimes not very easy to find. http://poker-with-poker-edge.googlegroups.com/web/PE_Player.Icon.Key_NoLimit_PotLimit.rtf?gda=n4yYnFkAAADRgGRdE8WJRvgdK9acDepit4YTA4UI0NiVOxoAaif4LFVfopBL3zhXqYRkLvnjzKJAZbnwez0By86XFif2MQe8vTSrOumpufVIwD-bYDEfAoQIqBBuatoZ3GVm6VpieyE
A players color coding is based in their VP$IP. Bold red being very tight and Bold green being very loose. The Icons are based on the charts above.
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Poker-Edge uses five specialty Icons (calling-station, maniac, shark, rock, mouse) and four all encompassing quadrant Icons (bomb, redfish, caution, greenfish) to visually describe and summarize your opponents tendencies.
The four Icons that you say seem the same (bomb, redfish, caution, greenfish), are actually the exact opposites of each other.
All poker players fall into four basic styles of play based on their preflop aggressiveness/passiveness... and their postflop aggressiveness/passiveness.
The four styles are (A-A), (A-P), (P-A), and (P-P).
A-A Bomb). PF-Raise > 6, and (Flop-See)Aggr > 2.
Aggressive preflop and postflop. A bomb will tend to push/reraise with any piece of it, or any draw. And he will often bet vs perceived weakness from opponents. He doesn't wait for +EV situations, he uses bulying tactics when it feels appropriate.
- Shark is a specially type of Bomb that is tight (VP$IP) and W$SD > 50%).
- Maniac is a specialty type of Bomb that is very loose (VP$IP) and extra postflop aggressive. Bombs reraise with top pair.
A-P RedFish). PF-Raise > 6, and (Flop-See)Aggr <= 2.
Aggressive preflop but passive postflop. A RedFish will tend to push preflop with his good hands but not protect his hands enough postflop, or plays postflop with care. They can sometimes be bullied postflop if their weak play really does signify a weak hand. But be careful. Just because they're willing to call down without raising... doesn't mean they don't have anything. It could just be a small pots with small hands strategy.
P-A Caution). PF-Raise <= 6, and (Flop-See)Aggr > 2.
Passive preflop but aggressive postflop. A caution prefers to limp into a lot of pots. But be careful because he will limp with suited conns... but he will also limp with AK... and/or big pairs. Caution will often try to steal uncontested pots postflop in position, but they prefer to see a +EV situation develop first before they commit many chips to a hand. Postflop they tend to fight/defend their bets.
- Rock is a specialty type of Caution that is tight (VP$IP). A tight player that likes to see a +EV situation develop before he commits many chips means... don't go up against a rock unlsess you have the goods.
P-P GreenFish). PF-Raise <= 6, and (Flop-See)Aggr <= 2.
Passve preflop and passive postflop. A GreenFish likes to limp in or just call preflop even with his good hands. And he likes to see +EV situations develop before he commits many chips. They tend to not steal much. Being that passive means they can be bullied more than average. But remember, sometimes even the worst fish can have a hand, or hit the flop nicely.
- Mouse is a specialty type of GreenFish that is tight (VP$IP) and also extra passive postflop. They can be bullied more than normal but being willing to call you down doesn't necessarilly mean you could get him to fold. THey are just extra cautious.
- Calling-station is a specialty type. Some calling-stations raise preflop (type of RedFish), some prefer to always limp preflop (type of GreenFish). They are the only Icon type that overlaps two quadrants. A-P & P-P. If a calling-station keeps calling you... slow down. Don't bluff a calling-station.
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Copyright 2009 R. Steve McCollum
