Ragequit
Rock Star
Silver Level
It's been pretty interesting over the past few years watching VPIP/PFR stats evolve online. Back in 2014 a player with stats like 17/13 would have been considered a TAG and a NIT maybe something like 13/8. By 2016/17 TAGs were running about 16/11, 15/10 ish and NITS started having stats of like 11/6. NOW in 2018 these seem to have tightened even further with TAGs running at 14/10 or 13/9 and NITs are now sometimes running 7/3. I've noticed more players beginning to "wise up" about their ranges. This is thanks to excellent Poker learning resources which weren't as abundant before.
Overall it appears that most player types have tightened up in the last 5-6 years. 2012's NITs are now approximately today's TAGs. And some NITs today are so tight that they literally fold every hand except {KK AA}. Fish, LAGs and Maniacs don't seem to have changed all that much but it definitely feels like they have gotten better at selecting hands. So the way we profile players has had to change a lot. But how much tighter can we really go? I think we are approaching a theoretical maximum where if we go any tighter, our ranges will become sub-optimal. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts.
Overall it appears that most player types have tightened up in the last 5-6 years. 2012's NITs are now approximately today's TAGs. And some NITs today are so tight that they literally fold every hand except {KK AA}. Fish, LAGs and Maniacs don't seem to have changed all that much but it definitely feels like they have gotten better at selecting hands. So the way we profile players has had to change a lot. But how much tighter can we really go? I think we are approaching a theoretical maximum where if we go any tighter, our ranges will become sub-optimal. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts.
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