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How to spot a LAG

Follow these tips and you can quickly identify the loosie goosies

They have a lot of low value chips
Their stack is full of low denomination chips from playing and picking up a lot of small pots.

They play a lot of hands... a lot
If they're playing two or three hands an orbit they're probably not playing just big pairs.

'It's my turn... I raise'
If the action is passed to them pre-flop they very often open the betting with a raise.

They're a good LAG
When the big bets go in and the cards are turned over they always have the goods.

They wear a LAG t-shirt
These have catchy slogans on them like, 'I'm LAGging ahead of the pack.' They're working on the slogans...

 
   
1. Phil Hellmuth has pushed his LAG style all the way to 11 WSOP bracelets

 
 
 
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How to spot a LAG

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