Play style

TAG in Poker: Strategy, Stats & When to Use It

The definition, with context from real hands and how it connects to the rest of your strategy.

Quick answer

TAG: Tight-Aggressive: playing few hands, around 18-22%, but betting and raising hard with them.

In more detail

The default winning style at micro-stakes. Pair the cheatsheet with sound bankroll management and you’re ahead of most opponents.

Common questions

What does TAG mean in poker?

The default winning style at micro-stakes. Pair the cheatsheet with sound bankroll management and you’re ahead of most opponents.

Related terms

LAG
Loose-Aggressive: playing many hands, around 25-32%, and betting them hard.
NIT
An extremely tight player who only enters pots with premium hands, around 10-14% of them.
Small Ball
Playing many pots with small bets rather than few pots with big ones.

New to poker? Start with our preflop strategy guide and the free TAG cheatsheet.