In short: classify your opponents into profiles so you know how to exploit them.
Plan: Free ✅
What it's for
Not every opponent plays the same. Knowing whether you're up against a tight player, a maniac or a "fish" changes your decision. Villains organizes opponents into profiles (archetypes) based on their behavior, so you can adjust your strategy.
The 7 archetypes
The whole read revolves around 7 official archetypes. Each one comes from a way of playing (VPIP, PFR, blind steal and 3-bet) and already comes with the exploit playbook:
| Archetype | Who they are | How to exploit them |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Passive Fish (calling station) | Calls too much with weak hands, doesn't bluff | Heavy value, bet 3 streets, don't bluff |
| 🟢 Short-Stacked Rec (short recreational) | Buys in short (20–70bb), plays emotionally | Isolate in position, ABC poker, don't overbluff |
| 🔴 Nit / Rock | Only enters with premium hands, overfolds | Steal blinds relentlessly; back off if they push back |
| 🔵 TAG Reg (solid) | Balanced ranges, defends well | Avoid marginal spots out of position, lean on position |
| 🟠 LAG / Aggro Reg | Opens and 3-bets a lot, wants to dominate the pot | 3-bet light, trap with strong hands, float |
| 🟡 Trap Player | Slowplays, check/calls and explodes on the river | Control the pot, believe their river sizing |
| 🟣 Aggro Whale (maniac) | Plays any hand, aggression with no rhyme or reason | Don't bluff, bluff-catch strong, let them lose on their own |
The 10% rule: if an opponent steals blinds above 45% AND 3-bets above 10%, they're a LAG (orange) — your job is to counter-attack, not run away.
How to use it
Today the tool is a manual classifier (beta version): you enter the villain's numbers and it returns the archetype + the playbook.
- Open Villains (under Study → Stats → Villains).
- In the classifier, type in the villain's 4 stats you want to read — VPIP, PFR, steal (ATS) and 3-bet. You pull these numbers from your HUD or your table read.
- Right away, it shows the best-matching archetype (with checkmarks for which stats hit) and the exploit playbook for that archetype.
- Below that sits a fixed reference of the 7 archetypes for quick lookup, plus the project's rules of thumb.
- Bring the playbook to the table: against someone who overcalls, bet for value and bluff less; against someone who folds too easily (Nit), steal without mercy.
An honest limitation
On Zoom / Rush & Cash you switch tables every hand, so you usually get few hands against each opponent — each villain's sample is small. That's why deeper automatic classification is a future step; for now the focus is giving you the best read possible with the data that exists.
Common questions
- Why do some villains have little information? Because of the fast format: few hands against each one. The more you face the same player, the more reliable the profile.