Player Styles Starfield
Player-type labels describe tendencies, not certainties. Use these terms with evidence and a suitable sample size.
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Aggressive Player
A player who bets or raises frequently relative to calling. Aggression must be interpreted with position, stakes, and sample size.
Read the definition ↗ADVANCEDBalanced Player
A player attempting to avoid obvious, repeatable strategic weaknesses. No person plays perfectly balanced in every spot.
Read the definition ↗BEGINNERCalling Station
A player who calls frequently and folds infrequently. The label should be supported by observed behavior, not one hand.
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Aggressive Player
A player who bets or raises frequently relative to calling.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldadvancedBalanced Player
A player attempting to avoid obvious, repeatable strategic weaknesses.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerCalling Station
A player who calls frequently and folds infrequently.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldintermediateExploitative Player
A player who deliberately adjusts to opponents' observed mistakes.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerFish
Slang for a player perceived as weak or inexperienced.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerLoose Player
A player who enters a relatively large share of hands.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerLoose-Aggressive
A style that enters many pots and applies frequent betting pressure.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldintermediateLoose-Passive
A style that plays many hands but more often calls than raises.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerManiac
Informal label for a player perceived as betting and raising excessively.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerNit
Informal label for a player perceived as unusually tight or risk-averse.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerPassive Player
A player who tends to check and call rather than bet and raise.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerRecreational Player
A player participating primarily for enjoyment rather than as a regular professional pursuit.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerRegular
A player who appears frequently in the same games or player pool.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerRock
A very tight player who usually enters pots with strong hands.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerShark
Slang for a strong or experienced poker player.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerTight Player
A player who enters a relatively small share of hands.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldbeginnerTight-Aggressive
A style that plays relatively few hands and tends to bet or raise with those entered.
Open definition ↗Player Styles StarfieldintermediateTight-Passive
A style that plays few hands and rarely applies betting pressure.
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