Part Two - Playing Styles & Starting Requirements

Players fall along two axes: how many hands they play (tight vs. loose) and how they bet them (passive vs. aggressive). Your default should be tight-aggressive - enter with a selective range, but play it with initiative. Which hands qualify depends on position: premiums play from anywhere, while medium pairs, suited connectors, and 'trouble hands' (A-J or K-J offsuit) want late position, the right price, or both. Just as important is reading the opponent: the correct response to a raise or a bet depends entirely on whether it comes from a maniac, a rock, or a solid regular. The hands below drill starting requirements and the style adjustments that go with them.