What's a Nit?

#1 2nd April 2011, 7:13 PM

What's your definition nit?

#2 2nd April 2011, 7:15 PM

6/5 7/4 3/2 5/4 8/6 9/5

#3 2nd April 2011, 7:46 PM

#4 2nd April 2011, 7:56 PM

Spoiler

#5 2nd April 2011, 7:58 PM

See Fx Cash Thread IMO

#6 2nd April 2011, 8:12 PM

Pooffyfooffy

#7 2nd April 2011, 8:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marginal

Pooffyfooffy

Lol, but I do mix it up with some donk tendencies from time to time.

I found this definition online: A nit is a tight-passive player that avoids confrontations. Typically, the term nit is used when this type of passive player plays in a pot-limit or no-limit game. Nits tend to avoid big pots and do not like to gamble.

#8 2nd April 2011, 8:43 PM

first my edit, then WV, then Brank, then Riley. poor Fx

#9 2nd April 2011, 8:46 PM

#10 2nd April 2011, 11:17 PM

fx.

btw I think a lot of nits are tight passive, but I dont think I would include it as part of the definition.

#11 2nd April 2011, 11:44 PM

A nit is a player who:

won't play a hand without very strong hole cards
won't put alot of money in the pot postflop without a strong made hand.

Nits tend to be easily bluffed and pushed off hands and sometimes go broke with overpairs or TPTK because they fold so much preflop that once they get in a hand they sometimes have a hard time folding postflop even when it's obvious that they're beat.

Statistically speaking I think the borderline between Nit and TAG is a VPIP of 11 or so. Nits have smaller VPIP's, TAG's larger.

I would classify myself as a Nitty TAG with occasional spew problems or episodes of Nittiness. There are plenty of 6/5 Nits out there and I have never played that tight

#12 2nd April 2011, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marginal

Pooffyfooffy

This was my first thought too.

[quote=PooffyFooffy;1714023]Lol, but I do mix it up with some donk tendencies from time to time.
quote]

When? What year was that?

#13 3rd April 2011, 12:18 AM

[quote=bubbasbestbabe;1714205]This was my first thought too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PooffyFooffy

Lol, but I do mix it up with some donk tendencies from time to time.
quote]

When? What year was that?

lol drunk CC ring games.

#14 3rd April 2011, 7:57 AM

So a Nit is a Passive tight. How do you know if the player is Tight agressive or tight passive when he doesn't play a hand for 10 orbits?

#15 3rd April 2011, 8:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlam

So a Nit is a Passive tight. How do you know if the player is Tight agressive or tight passive when he doesn't play a hand for 10 orbits?

It would be more accurate to say a nit is a subtype of a tight passive player.

I don't think a "Rock" and a "Nit" are the same, though they are both tight passive overall.

#16 3rd April 2011, 8:56 AM

a nit is a person who u want on ur left

#17 3rd April 2011, 2:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlam

So a Nit is a Passive tight. How do you know if the player is Tight agressive or tight passive when he doesn't play a hand for 10 orbits?

Just wait till he plays a hand. If he's folding for 10 orbits then you don't really need to worry about them other than stealing their blinds.

#18 3rd April 2011, 5:54 PM

Nits aren't weak tight. They are super tight but aggressive players.

#19 3rd April 2011, 6:04 PM

A nit is a person whose motto is "You can never be too careful." You know that guy that IP checks a full house on the river.

#20 3rd April 2011, 6:20 PM

or if you are into college basketball, its a tournament. The N.I.T tournament...National Invitation Tournament.

Or really the "NOT INVITED TOURNAMENT" because its basically the schools that didnt make it to March madness! =)

#21 4th April 2011, 5:59 AM

Someone who if plays back at you, you better have the absolute nuts or fold your hand.

#22 4th April 2011, 3:53 PM

Plays premium hands only pre -flop or maybe limps with pocket pairs

Although its hard to really define as it can work to be nitty or give off an image of being a nit and play back when somones constanly re-raising you

PPl make it sound like a negative thing , but if your playing against a few LAGS it can work
I suppose tho a nit doesn,t mix it up as well and just sticks to tight play which is easier to play against esp in tournies

#23 6th April 2011, 10:08 AM

I have to admit ... IM A NIT

And not the sort you find on your scalp.

#24 8th April 2011, 1:20 AM

lol, interesting

#25 8th April 2011, 2:19 AM

Poofy is way nitty imo.

#26 8th April 2011, 3:52 AM

now i feel nitty,i need a drink.

#27 8th April 2011, 6:55 AM

I am a nit.

#28 8th April 2011, 5:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fx20736

Nits aren't weak tight. They are super tight but aggressive players.

They are only aggressive because they play so few hands.

They usually freeze up when played back at if they don't hold an overpair to the board.

Either that or they pay everyone with 2pair+ off.

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