Weak and Strong players

[Talking Poker]

Most people use the terms weak and strong interchangeably with good and bad.

I know I also often use the term weak to mean passive, but I don't necessarily use the word strong to mean aggressive. For me, strong means good.

[ChrisKim47]

Hey thanks a bunch. Your videos have really helped me improve my game. Merry Christmas

[Talking Poker]

Yeah? Cool. Thanks.

Welcome to the forum.

Mind if I ask how you found out about this site and specifically the videos?

[murkosk]

Does is mean that strong player means player that is winning?

[BrianSwa]

winning players are not always strong players and vice versa, alot of things go into being a strong player, vp$ip, total aggression etc etc. A losing player could be a very strong player but just on a real bad run. Take bdawg for instance, bdawg is a very very strong player but because of his last run you would think he was a weak player but he really isnt.

on the flip side there is a player named ##$*% who is a very very weak player but hit it big and got on big rush and now he is very very up. All in all he is weak but if you looked at his bankroll you would think he is the next JD.


If you log enough hands with someone you can see by their overall stats if they are weak or strong.

[Reel Deal]

I simply look at it as weak meaning a player that limps a lot, calls a lot and shows very little aggression. Strong players, to me, means someone that raises quite a bit preflop, then will almost always CB and will also look to CR and reraise often.

[Talking Poker]

This is what I was getting at when I answered my first post, because I kind of mix the definitions and I probably shouldn't.

Weak --> Bad or passive
Strong --> Good or aggressive

When I say "weak," sometimes I mean bad, and sometimes I mean passive. Fortunately, most passive players are bad players, so that's fine.

When I say strong, however, I most definitely don't mean aggressive - I mean good. And not all aggressive players are lunatics. There are plenty of super-aggressive players who are bad players.

I'll try to be a little more careful with these terms in the future, especially in my Videos.

[eejit101]

you mean me by that? as im the only one on here that "hit it big" once and u may deicde as weak.


FYI - in the last 2 months im 4k up at 2/4, however $500 down at 3/6. go figure

[BrianSwa]

why would you think it was you? maybe I was talking about me, if you think you are weak then yes I guess you could put yourself in those spots, your call.