Quote Originally Posted by iopq
Here I'll give it a shot:

I'll draw ranges for you guys

|--F--|--B--|--C--|--R--|
first range is fold, second is bet or raise as a bluff, third is call, fourth is bet or raise for value

1. fish
make sure not to try to bluff and fold when fish bets/raises since he has the goods
so widen your value range at the expense of your call range and widen your fold range at the expense of your call range
|--F------|B|-C-|---R--|
so our bluff range shrunk a lot, but we can cbet against some of these fish and against others we can't, it totally depends on fishyness post-flop
2. there are two cases:
a) 5.5 af is because he's very raise or fold post-flop but actually really nitty and only raises with the goods and calls very infrequently
against such a guy when he bets we should be calling with the bottom of our value range instead of raising because he's never going to call a raise anyway with worse; he's shoving better. We only want to raise him with the goods hoping he is strong enough to get it in. I even threw in bluffing more for a good measure
|--F-|---B--|--C----|R--|
b) 5.5 af is a really bluffy fish
so call him down, we still bet sometimes if he's willing to bluff raise
|--F-|---B|----C----|R--|
you can't tell between a or b using AF, you can only tell between them using AFq - Aggression Frequency
a would have AFq of like 20 and b would have AFq of like 55

player 3 is a nittag
we can sometimes get away with bluffing him, but we should fold most of our range when he's interested and get involved with the top of the top of our range
|--F----|B----|C|R--|
player 4 is a standard low stakes player that is too loose preflop and slightly too loose post-flop
this is the player that I assume I'm up against when I sit at a table with 5 other unknowns
|--F--|--B--|--C--|--R--| is our range it is made exactly for this player
This one is great- only problem is format. Hard to digest.

Someone stated in the thread "winning in poker" that these stereotypes we are dealing with here- simply fail to adjust to different players, situations and table conditions. It is their inability to adjust or readjust, that we exploit.

Since these players do not adjust we can simply construct the perfect strategy against each and every one of these players. The more information we have about villain- the more optimal our counter strategy will be.

It is wise to go from general to specific. If we believe someone is LAG- we use a readymade strategy to combat him. As we gain more information about the specifics of his game- the more refined and successful our counter strategy will be.

When we are up against people who adjust we must always try to be one step ahead. Even retards may adjust to some degree and we need to sniff out and readjust before we get trapped.