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The PATL Matrix Flashcards

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What’s the difference between a tight and loose player?

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A tight player plays few hands. A loose player plays many hands.

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What’s the difference between a passive and aggressive player?

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A passive player doesn’t raise much, he checks and calls. An aggressive player raises and re-raises.

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Describe a tight/aggressive player according to the PATL matrix.

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Plays few hands but raises when in a hand.

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Describe a tight/passive player according to the PATL matrix.

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Plays few hands and calls when in a hand.

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Describe a loose/aggressive player according to the PATL matrix.

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Plays a lot of hands and raises a lot.

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Describe a loose/passive player according to the PATL matrix.

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Plays a lot of hands and calls a lot.

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Describe a tight/aggressive table according to the PATL matrix.

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Few in hand but lots of raising.

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Describe a tight/passive table according to the PATL matrix.

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Few in hand and little raising.

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Describe a loose/aggressive table according to the PATL matrix.

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Several players in a hand and lots of raising.

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Describe a loose/passive table according to the PATL matrix.

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Lots of players in a hand and little raising.

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What is the caliber of player for each type within the PATL matrix?

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Tight/aggressive players are great players.

Tight/passive players are good players.

Both loose/aggressive and loose/passive players are poor players.

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How many mistakes does each player type within the PATL matrix make?

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Tight players make few mistakes. Loose players make lots of mistakes.

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What is the main name most experienced players use to describe each player type within the PATL matrix?

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Tight/aggressive: Professional.
Tight/passive: Rock.
Loose/aggressive: maniac.
Loose/passive: calling station.

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When can you expect as far as noise from each player type in the PATL matrix?

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Tight players are quiet. Loose players have conversations, laughter and are noisy.

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How does each player type within the PATL matrix like to stack their chips?

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Tight/aggressive: stacked precisely and tall.
Tight/passive: stacked neatly.
Loose: chips not neat.

Also,when betting, many experienced aggressive’s have a special or unusual way of handling their chips and cards.

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At what type of game will you generally find each player within the PATL matrix?

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Tight/aggressive: high limit/no limit
Tight passive: mostly low limit; some no limit
Loose/aggressive: low limit/no limit
Loose/passive: low limit.

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Describe the cost to benefit ratio of each type of game within the PATL matrix.

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Tight/aggressive: high cost/low benefit

Tight/passive: low cost/low benefit

Loose/aggressive: high cost/high benefit

Loose/passive: low cost/high benefit

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List in order from largest to smallest, the target size (ease of bagging) of each type of player within the PATL matrix.

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  1. Loose/passive
  2. Loose/aggressive
  3. Tight/passive
  4. Tight/aggressive
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Describe the get in/get out strategy for each table type within the PATL matrix.

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Tight/aggressive: get out fast

Tight/passive: get out

Loose/aggressive: get in

Loose/passive: get in fast

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In order to reduce your risk, where should you sit?

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To the left of the most aggressive bettor. Always moving to the left of the most aggressive bettor will save you money.

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In order to increase your profit, where should you sit?

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To the left of the most loose player(s).

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What is the difference in the cost to stay in a hand at a passive table vs. an aggressive table?

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High cost at an aggressive table, low cost at a passive table.

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What is the difference in the pot size fluctuations at a passive table vs. an aggressive table?

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Large pot size fluctuations at an aggressive table, small fluctuations at a passive table. It will be hard to stay ahead of the rake at a passive table.

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What are the typical bankroll swing possibilities at all four table types in the PATL matrix?

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Tight/Aggressive - Extreme bankroll swing

Loose/Aggressive - Extreme bankroll swing

Tight/Passive - Small bankroll swing

Loose/Passive - Moderate bankroll swing

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What are the two traps you must avoid at a loose/aggressive table?

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Trap number one is getting discouraged by being way down. Trap number two is when you are way up and start believing you can win with losing hands.

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What size wins can you expect at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - a few moderate wins. *Remember it is extremely important to stay out of these games.

Tight/passive - series of small wins. *You want to stay out of these games too.

Loose tables - a few big wins

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What are your chances of recouping loses at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - worse chance to recoup losses.

Tight/passive - little chance to recoup losses.

Loose/aggressive - best chance to recoup losses. *If you don’t have the experience to play in this game, you will find it will turn out to be your best chance of increasing your losses.

Loose/passive - moderate chance to recoup losses.

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How often can you expect bad beats at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - few bad beats.

Tight/passive - few bad beats.

Loose/aggressive - some bad beats.

Loose/passive - many bad beats. *At an extremely passive/loose 10-handed table, with the best starting hand you can get, AA, you will win 30% of the time. That means your AA will lose 70% of the time. No whining allowed. Bad beats are part of playing in any loose game.

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How does each player type use and understand position?

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Tight/aggressive - values position and uses it aggressively.

Tight/passive - values position.

Loose/aggressive - undervalues position.

Loose/passive - doesn’t understand position.

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How important is position at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - position extremely important.

Tight/passive - position important.

Loose/aggressive - position very important.

Loose/passive - preflop position not important; postflop position important.

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How likely is each player type to take control of the hand?

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Tight/aggressive - takes control of the hand.

Tight/passive - seldom takes control of the hand.

Loose/aggressive - takes control of the hand.

Loose/passive - will not take control of the hand.

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How often do opponents bluff at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - opponents sometimes bluff.

Tight/passive - opponents never bluff.

Loose/aggressive - opponents often bluff.

Loose/passive - opponents seldom bluff.

*He who tries to bluff a loose player is a poor player.You can bluff tight players. The best bluff is against one, at most two, tights.
Your most effective bluffing, especially in no limit, is with small pots.

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How easy/difficult is it to read the hands of each player type?

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Tight/aggressive - preflop easier to read hands; postflop difficult.

Tight/passive - easy to read these hands.

Loose/aggressive - it is almost impossible to read these hands.

Loose/passive - preflop difficult to read; easier postflop.

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How important is deception at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - deception important.

Tight/passive - deception important.

Loose/aggressive - deception somewhat important.

Loose/passive - deception not important.

*Deception is worthless at a passive/loose table unless your remaining opponents are aggressive/loose.

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What type of play (advanced or straight-forward) is appropriate at each table type?

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Tight tables - advanced play ok.

Loose tables - straight-forward play works best.

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How large are the preflop pots at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - moderate preflop pot size.

Tight/passive - very small preflop pot size.

Loose/aggressive - very large preflop pot size.

Loose/passive - large preflop pot size.

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How many hands will you play at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - you will play very few hands.

Tight/passive - you will play few hands.

Loose/aggressive - you will play some hands.

Loose/passive - you will play the most hands.

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How often will you fold good hands against each player type?

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Tight/aggressive - you will fold good hands often.

Tight/passive - you will fold good hands.

Loose/aggressive - you may fold a few good hands.

Loose/passive - you will not fold good hands.

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What type of winning hands are at a tight table vs. a loose table?

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Tight - high cards and high pairs win frequently.

Loose - pairs and draws win frequently.

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How many opponents see the flop at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - some opponents see flop.

Tight/passive - few opponents see flop.

Loose/aggressive - many opponents see flop.

Loose/passive - many opponents see flop.

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How will betting your draws get each opponent type (tight vs. loose) to react?

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Tight - bet draws to get them to fold.

Loose - betting draws will not make them fold.

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How will the free card play (raising in late position on one street in order to have everyone check to you on the next) work at each table type?

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Aggressive tables - forget free card play.

Tight/passive - free card play may work.

Loose/passive - free card play will work.

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How many showdowns can you expect at each table type?

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Tight/aggressive - some showdowns.

Tight/passive - few showdowns.

Loose/aggressive - many showdowns.

Loose/passive - almost always a showdown.

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Will each opponent bluff heads up on the river or not?

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Aggressive - these opponents will bluff on the river.

Passive - these opponents will not bluff on the river.

When should you bluff on the river? Only when your remaining opponent is tight or the pot is large and bluffing is your only way of winning the pot.

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Against each opponent type, should you check or bet after missing on the river?

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Tight - you may bet if you missed.

Loose - check if you missed.

Good players can be bluffed. Poor players can’t. If you are first to bet heads up on the river and you missed, unless you are resigned to fold, you should bet, raise or re-raise against a tight player. Always check against a loose player.

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Against each player type, should you worry about a scare card on the river?

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Tight - Don’t worry about scare card on the river.

Loose - beware of scare card on the river.

*Watch out on the river for an A or K as loose players play A-anything, K-anything, and will stay for the turn if the flop shows their third flush card or a third card for a straight.

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Against each opponent type, should you worry about runner-runner cards?

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Tight - don’t worry about runner runner.

Loose - beware of runner runner.

47
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Which player type must you first become?

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An aggressive/tight.The aggressive/tight steals blinds, starts off with a strong hand, or tries — especially in no limit — to get everyone to fold to him on the flop.

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This player type raises if hits or on a good draw postflop.

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Tight/aggressive

49
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This player type calls if hits or on a very strong draw post flop.

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Tight/passive

50
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This player type raises postflop.

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Loose/aggressive

51
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This player type calls postflop.

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Loose/passive

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