Tight Aggressive (TAG)
Tight-aggressive, or TAG, is a style of play in which a player enters few pots but plays them aggressively with bets and raises. It is regarded as a very solid and profitable approach.
The simple explanation
A TAG waits for good hands and then bets and raises. He does not call much. He wins pots by making opponents fold and by having strong hands when called.
A closer look
The TAG style is the standard recommendation for beginners, since it keeps you out of trouble and uses the power of aggression. Its weakness is that it can become predictable and easy to exploit: opponents fold when a TAG bets and call less often. Modern winning players add more hands, bluffs and mixed strategies. Compare with LAG, loose-aggressive, which plays many hands and is aggressive.
A practical example
A TAG plays 18 percent of his hands before the flop and raises most of them.
Full explanation
Tight-aggressive, or TAG, is a style of play in which a player enters few pots but plays them aggressively with bets and raises. It is regarded as a very solid and profitable approach.
TAG means tight-aggressive.
A TAG plays few hands but bets and raises them.
It is a solid style for beginners.
The loose version is called LAG.
Alternative spelling: Tight Aggressive, Tight-Aggressive, TAG