Have you ever played in a home game against one of your mates who’s so easy to put on a hand that they may as well just give you the money at the start of the night? Yep, me too.

Now think about why it’s so easy to put them on a hand. Do they always bet with top pair whether they’ve got position or not? Do they always check-call with flush draws and check-raise with two-pair or better? In other words, do they play their hands in such a standard fashion that they may as well turn their cards face up and allow you to decide on the correct course of action?

Now ask yourself, ‘Do players find it easy to avoid paying me off on big hands and do they always seem to snap off my bluffs?