The Animals of Poker
I recently read Phil Hellmuth's book, Play Poker Like the Pro's, and my favorite pat had to be the animal types.
Phil explains it like this:
MOUSE-Conservative, plays only top ten hands but hates to invest chips with a weak hand. They hardly ever raise someone else's bet, but when he does look out.
LION- Tough player who plays fairly tight does not limit himself to the top ten hands. He bluffs with excellant timing and seems to know when other players are bluffing.
JACKAL-Loose and wild, some days it's like he's giving away chips. He's involved in so many pots and raises often.
ELEPHANT-Plays fairly loose (see's lot's of hands) He never folds, when he should because he doesn't believe that you have "the good" hand. Because he seems impossible to bluff, many inexperienced players won't try. (Unless your the mouse.) He isn't very sharp and not very deangerous for most players except the jackal.
EAGLE-The eagle is a rare bird of prey, and you might not ever play with him cause he's one of the top 100 poker players in the world.
Most play a little like all of them some of us play like a few...but it is the real poker player that knows when and how to play like the best. 'll explain that a little later.
Next week
The Poker Math!!
