#10 Pure Aggression

Pure aggression is a style that you may think is similar to any two player. It is, kind of. The main difference is that a pure aggression player knows when to stop.
This style of player will play any two cards, but will be selective about when they are played. They use position and knows who the players are at their table and how they will react to their aggression. This person raises a lot and will always make a continuation bet. Many times they will make a 3rd bet depending on who is in the hand. But, as soon as they realize that they are not going to win they will let their hand go. They are good at sensing weakness in other players and use it to their advantage. You will rarely see this style in bar poker by a player over 40 or a female. It is generally played by younger players that tend to play a lot of Internet poker. Their attitude is win big or go home early as they will amass a huge stack very early or be one of the first ones knocked out. The pluses of this style is that no one really knows what you are playing and if they are conservative they will fold to you even if they have a strong hand. Also if you get the big stack early you can use it to keep the aggression going to even create a bigger stack. Your style is able to put others on tilt creating play that gets you more action. Another plus is that when you actually do get a big hand you will get paid off as no one will ever believe that you could actually have a hand. The down side is sometimes you will get knocked out early and good players will use your aggression to their advantage by allowing you to bet and then reraising you when they have a big hand. It is also hard for this player to shift gears as the blinds get higher and the poorer players get knocked out making it difficult for this player to win tournaments. I like this style a lot and will use it early in tournaments that start with a bigger chip stack, if the right players are at my table. It has it's risks but if done correctly the rewards far out weigh them.