Tight-aggressive style of Texas Holdem poker is becoming more and more popular. Many players think that they can earn much money by following this strategy. They rely on bluff and sometimes this tactic works. But in many cases aggressive strategy with use of bluff leads to loses. And such losers are usually called tight-aggressive fishes (TAG-fishes).

It is not so easy to recognize TAGfish. They do not lose all the time. Sometimes the luck helps them to win and they just break the bank. But if you check their recent results you will notice that they lose much more than win.

TAGfishes rely on the luck. If they win something it happens just because of the luck, not their skills. Actually, they do not have skills at all! Texas Holdem poker is the game of clever people therefore you have got better chances to win than TAGfishes. And you are not a TAGfish, are you?

If you are not sure about it just check this out. I want to show you several typical signs of a TAGfish. Analyze them carefully and be objective in judging yourself

1) You always think about cards of your opponents and don’t care about your own

Every experienced Texas Holdem player knows that analyzing potential cards of opponents is crucial. But at the same time experienced Texas Holdem players don’t forget about their own cards. And it is totally impossible to win if you cannot evaluate strength of your cards.

2) You do not use Texas Holdem skills that you acquired

Many TAGfishes tend to learn. They like to read articles about Texas Holdem. They watch studying videos quite often. But at the same time they do not use their skills properly. They just do not want to apply all the things they learned. TAGfishes are not ready to fold despite the situation is not suitable to call or raise. And they KNOW that they are acting against rules of a successful Texas Holdem player. But still they do not apply their knowledge.

3) You do not evaluate your odds realistically

TAGfish thinks that he can win every single hand. And if a TAGfish has got pocket pair he raises all the time. It doesn’t matter if cards on the table change the situation dramatically. TAGfish doesn’t fold if he has drawing hands. Such Texas Holdem player relies on the luck and caution of his opponents. At the same time TAGfish tends to understate odds of his opponents. He just cannot accept real state of things.

4) You start to have problems after the flop

TAGfishes are strong pre-flop Texas Holdem players. They raise quite often and make their opponents nervous. At the same time they force opponents with weak cards to fold. But all their problems come after the flop. They raised once already and they become tied to the pot. Therefore they do not want to fold their cards. And they almost never fold top-pair even if there are 4 cards of the same suit on the table. TAGfishes do not remember one of the main rules of Texas Holdem poker – the real game starts after the flop.

5) You do not have a clear plan for the game

TAGfishes do not like to act under the pressure. When they see that things do not go their way they start to be nervous and understand that they are going to lose. But the reason of such problems is not a bad luck. It just happened because TAGfishes do not have a clear Texas Holdem plan. For example, they started to raise with J10 and the flop didn’t bring neither J nor 10. But TAGfish raised despite of the not suitable cards. And then one of the opponents re-raised. So, what to do now then? It is absolutely clear that it was wrong to play with J10. And why did a TAGfish start to play? Just because he doesn’t follow right Texas Holdem strategy and doesn’t have a plan for the game.

So, from now on you know typical signs of a TAGfish. Analyze your Texas Holdem style, get rid of mistakes and never become a TAGfish.

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