Quote Originally Posted by Jiggus
We all see the guys who come to the table and "control" it with crazy aggresion. I don't feel comfortable doing that, but maybe that style can be learned.
The thing here is this.. and this comes from me asking myself the same questions in the past as you do now.. these pure aggro players, they might seem impressive. They come to the table, dominate it, make a big profit, and when you decide to call em down just this once, they DID have the nuts. Woa!

Now, maybe he really is a good Lagg. But more often than not, he isn't all that great. If you observe his short-term success and deduce from that he is a great player, this is very risky if it knocks you off your tried-and-tested game. The thing is this: if mr. aggro sits down at a table that just so happens to favor his playstyle (ie a bunch of scared folk) AND gets a nice run of cards.. only THEN will he be succesful. OR if you or anyone else get so intimidated that you will start reraising him with nothing hands just because he "can't have a good hand all the time!"

I still vividly remember when I first moved up to 20NL. I felt TOTALLY lost. Aggro players were RUINING me. I thought "holy hell, the playstyle here at 20NL is at such a greater level than 10NL, man I just can't compete worth squat". Three hours later however this turned out to be total balony. When I got a good hand finally, mr. Aggro gave me his stack with TP. And I called a scary push when I had overpair.. and all the guy had was a gutshot! So I ended up having won a net 3 buy-ins.

Now I'm HAPPY if I see such a maniac aggro player at my table.. the only problem is I need to get a good hand quickly enough before the other folk at the table take his stack.

That is ofcourse not to say aggro (or Lagg) isn't good.. but it depends on the table, you need to be exceptionally good at reads (otherwise you're better off sticking to a more conservative playstyle) AND you really need to get a nice run of cards if you want to run a profit quickly.