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Originally Posted by MrNabhi90
Could you guys give me more of your insight about micro-stakes color coding?
What colors you pick is your personal preference, though it seems, most people choose red for aggressive and green/blue for passive players.
If you are not familiar with the mentioned types, the standard labels like "nit", "fish", "station", "maniac" and their corresponding pre and postflop stats are for example explained in "crushing the micro stakes".
I dislike the labels personally and do not use them.
Maybe the guy in front of you, who has 3bet 3 hands in a row is a maniac, or maybe he is just isolating the loose passive player in front of him. It doesn't matter, WHY people do what they do, it just matters WHAT they do. (A 3bet in front of me is more likely than usual and does not necessarily indicate AA)
Labeling somebody as "fish" or "maniac" can lure you into bad decision making.
An example I encountered pretty often. A player would regularly 3bet hands as weak as AK37 single suited preflop, regardless of preflop action but then play fairly passive fit or foldy post.
Is this guy a maniac? A nit? A station?
Yes, yes, he is a a fish! Who am I to call others fish? Hm?
Long story short: I like to color code people so that I have a quick idea about their general preflop + 3bet range (very tight, tight, loose, very loose, crazy) and then about their general postflop tendencies (aggressive vs. passive, straightforward vs tricky, fit or fold vs. sticky). Everything else is left to HUD + notes.