Strategy (Part 1): The Study of Tactics in Poker Beating 6 Max No Limit Holdem by Sauce123 Spenda’s 5 Biggest Leaks of a Losing NL Player – Leak 1. Passive poker (preflop calling) takes you away from Bread & Butter poker, but raising is a step towards B&B B&B situations are where you’re HU, IP and you’re the preflop raiser. This is the best chip-making situation to be in. In order to get more B&B, do these 3 things.

1. Rarely betting or never playing aggressively.

Passive Poker

Passive Aggressive Poker

If there's one mantra that all poker players know, it's that to be good at poker you have to be aggressive. Players that play passively and simply call or just fold will never consistently show a profit in the game.

Versus a Passive Opponent

Tight Passive Poker Player

Often times in a HUD the stats will show if a fish is a passive type. If he is, you will know that person has the nuts every time because it'll be the only time they start playing aggressively and making raises. The idea is that when they do that, you never give them action.