Hi all

Firstly, this is my very first thread! I have spent many weeks trawling through the forums and have to say, great site! I certainly hope this won't be my last post!

I've been grinding on 10nl cash games for several weeks hoping to build a bit of a bankroll. It is has occurred to me that through the forums, watching players on Twitch etc. that players are referred to 'regs' or 'recreational.' Whilst in theory I believe I know the difference, being able to spot the difference is a whole different ball park! I was just wondering how you guys go about classifying a player as reg or recreational?

I also use PT4 and there are some players I have stats of 4k+ hands and others only a couple of hundred. Would you identify one certain stat as being characteristic as a reg?

Any thoughts on this are greatly appreciated!!

Short stacks tend to be recs.

Limpers tend to be recs.

If you have stats on players, high VPIP/PFR can indicate a recreational player.

Other fishy plays you spot can help you identify.

If you have 4k+ stats on them theyre probably a reg, but that doesnt necessarily mean they are good as they could show other signs of fishiness.

It's probably better to identify them by their style of play (loose/tight, passive/aggressive) rather than the volume they play and your PT stats will help with this.

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There are many different ways to identify a fish/reg:

1) Right click on the player name/avatar and click on “Find This Player” (if “Hide from Search Feature” is activated this will not work). If somebody is playing 4+ regular tables or 4 Zoom tables you can assume he is a REG.

2) You can make an assumption that somebody who is not full stacked (100BB) and who loves to limp is a fish.

3) Using HUD VPIP/PFR stats – Somebody with stats like 25/5, 65/40, 80/15 is a fish. Keep in mind sample size. You should have at least 100 hands on him.

Just look at the stat "number of hands". To regs you should have several times more than to recreational.

If a players limps, mark as fish/rec, weird raise sizing's (5x pre etc.) mark as fish/rec, open-shoves mark as fish/rec, short stack mark as rec (I tend not to mark every short stacked person, as I don't actually feel it is enough info to make that assumption, for these players I would recommend a 'possible rec' label/tag).

Other than these very obvious pre flop 'tendencies' that you can draw info from quickly, you will have to learn how to spot rec/fish/regs from post flop play, weather you get to SD or not. The more you practice this, the more efficient you become at tagging/making notes. Obviously you can spot a rec/fish often from post flop play without SD (for example he C/R AI for 10x pot), but you will be mostly tagging/spotting recs/regs when you get to SD, and can quickly review how they played their hand. Did they play it poorly (tag a rec) or well (tag as reg).

Hope this helps, and gl.

This. Reg just means they play a lot. It doesn't mean they're good (though a reg is of course going to be better on average). Their other stats are a lot more useful in terms of playing appropriately against them.

For unknown players, check to see if they're multitabling (likely reg), if they're short stacked (likely rec), if they open limp (likely rec), and if their bet/raise sizes are silly (likely rec).