Some of the best cash games players approach the game with a mix of exploitative strategies to be used against weak opponents with obvious flaws in their games, and optimal ones against tougher players whose skills are better honed.

However, in reality you will not encounter many such opponents unless you rise to the bigger games. So it is useful to look at things from the opposite end of the scale and see how to exploit the bad players you will come across – particularly at the lower limits. After all, the aim of poker is to win the most money, not to play the most unexploitable game!