Is a player who folds a lot aggressive or passive?

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I know that "aggressive" means lots of betting and raising and "passive" means lots of checking and calling, but what about folding?

Imagine a player is a complete nit. They spend all day folding, folding and folding some more. They are super tight. They never chase draws. Unlike a calling station, they pretty much never call, only fold, fold and sometimes bet/raise. They basically only reach showdown when they have the best hand. They fold to C-bets and any sign of aggression a lot. They never bluff, never C-bet with air and basically only play the nuts and they bet/raise aggressively with the very few hands they choose to play.

Would you consider this kind of super tight player to be aggressive or passive?
 
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I'd say they're probably the easiest types of players to exploit.

I'd say they're just nitty-aggro.
 
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They are passive, but they don not really enjoy the game playing like this. They will not have so many winnings!
 
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I tried to play sorta like that and got no where I think a little aggression is needed to win
 
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The best word to describe that player would be loser.
 
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I know that "aggressive" means lots of betting and raising and "passive" means lots of checking and calling, but what about folding?

Imagine a player is a complete nit. They spend all day folding, folding and folding some more. They are super tight. They never chase draws. Unlike a calling station, they pretty much never call, only fold, fold and sometimes bet/raise. They basically only reach showdown when they have the best hand. They fold to C-bets and any sign of aggression a lot. They never bluff, never C-bet with air and basically only play the nuts and they bet/raise aggressively with the very few hands they choose to play.

Would you consider this kind of super tight player to be aggressive or passive?
That's tight-weak in a nutshell
 
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Sounds like tight weak and aggressive.
 
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you keep folding and loosing your money,then when you get a monster hand,you don't get any value because they fold.
 
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I'm a tight player, and some may say you can't win much like that, but that's not true with me. I win big pots instead of losing a lot of pots by being out there with 2nd best hands. However, I am opening up a lot as I learn from players here. But I always consider other things when I do play certain hand, like position. There is a lot to think about while I'm in a hand. Nearly everything I've learned here I've taken to the tables, and I have to say that it has worked. But sometimes nothing works.
 
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