| The Aggression factor used in poker calculator | | | | they represent. |
| software is a valuable profiling measurement that you | | | | To clarify though, high aggression factor only tells you |
| can use to strategize against your opponent whether it | | | | that your opponent rarely calls, it doesn't tell you |
| be high or low. Aggression Factor, or AF, is a actually | | | | anything about how often he bets/raises. So you still |
| a ratio, not a percentage which describes the nature | | | | are not going to "know" one way or another if he is |
| of a player's betting tendencies, and it’s important | | | | strong. The frequency of certain aggressive traits |
| to know how the AF is actually determined and what | | | | indicates a range of hands and a style of play of your |
| it really means. | | | | opponent. Since you still cannot determine if any one |
| So let’s start here: The formula for determining AF | | | | particular hand of his is strong, it will eventually come |
| = ((bets + raises) / calls ) . So an Aggression Factor | | | | down to risk, probabilities, tournament stage and |
| of 1.0 implies that the person makes bets equal to the | | | | structure. |
| mount of times he calls, which is a relatively balanced | | | | Playing against such a player often puts you in the |
| and flexible marker. | | | | difficult conundrum of re-raising or folding, and a lot of |
| In general, if you see an opponent’s AF dropping | | | | that depends on your counter strategy and plan of |
| consistently below .75, you can surely consider him to | | | | attack against him, and that it makes sense for your |
| be a passive player, but being too passive isn’t | | | | situation in the tournament and bankroll. You cannot |
| normally a good strategy in poker. An AF over 1.5 | | | | guess what they have, but you can be reasonably |
| might be considered an aggressive player, but you still | | | | assured of being ahead when you NEED to be ahead. |
| have to monitor this over a matter of time. | | | | You can also use smaller re-raises on the flop and turn |
| So what if an opponent has a relatively high | | | | to further determine if your opponent actually has |
| aggression factor, like for example 2.5 or 3.5 and the | | | | something. If he hasn’t given up on the hand, his |
| person bets or raises post-flop? How are you | | | | hole card strength is presumably better than normal |
| supposed to know the person has the strength they | | | | and has possibly gotten help from the board. However |
| represent with their bet or raise? This would be a | | | | if your poker tournament strategy situation is critical, |
| much easier answer from someone with a passive | | | | M-Red or M-Orange, getting it in against this type of |
| aggression factor less than .75 because an opponent | | | | player with one of your medium strength hands is an |
| who has been checking/calling, and then suddenly bets | | | | excellent strategy. |
| raises, is more than likely to actually have the strength | | | | |