LAG (LAG)

Also known as: Loose-Aggressive, Loose Aggressive

Loose-Aggressive: many hands plus constant pressure. High skill to run profitably.

A LAG (loose-aggressive) plays a wide range of hands and applies relentless pressure — frequent raises, 3-bets, barrels and bluffs. Done well it is the most profitable and most feared style: opponents are forced into tough decisions on every street and can never settle.

The catch is skill. A wider range means more marginal and dominated holdings, so a LAG must read hands accurately, balance bluffs with value, and pick the right spots to fire — otherwise the looseness becomes spew. Most strong regs can shift gears toward LAG to exploit weak, foldy tables.

Don't confuse a thinking LAG with a maniac: the maniac is reckless and bets without a plan, while a true LAG's aggression is deliberate, balanced, and built around fold equity. A balanced TAG is the tighter, lower-variance cousin.