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Watch on YouTubeCarrot Corner cuts through the usual poker labels and reduces opponent profiling to four main types. Instead of trying to separate every player into endless categories like TAG, LAG, nit, fish, aggro fish, or passive reg, this system looks at something more useful: what actually motivates the player.
The 4 Colour System is built around green, blue, red, and yellow villains. Green players avoid conflict and overfold when pressure gets uncomfortable. Blue players are passive passengers who call too much, trap more than expected, and underbluff when they put serious money in. Red players want to win the pot at almost any cost, which makes them dangerous but also easy to trap. Yellow players are the strongest group: rational, pool-aware opponents who try to exploit population leaks and need to be counter-exploited.
The useful part is that each colour comes with a different adjustment. Against some players, you bully capped ranges. Against others, you fast-play value and stop bluffing once they cross their fight-or-flight point. Against maniacs, you avoid calling once just to fold later. Against strong yellow villains, you think one level deeper and become the opponent the population is not.
What this video covers:
- How the 4 Colour System simplifies poker player types into four useful profiles.
- Why green villains are risk-averse and can be pressured when their range is capped.
- How to exploit blue villains by fast-playing value and folding more when they show strength.
- Why red villains require traps, patience, and fewer hopeless bluffs.
- How yellow villains exploit the pool and why they are harder to beat directly.
- Why motivation can matter more than VPIP, PFR, or basic player labels.
- How each colour changes your bluffing, value betting, and bluff-catching decisions.
- Why making an aggressive read is often better than waiting for perfect information.
Watch the full breakdown to see how Carrot Corner uses the 4 Colour System to identify opponents faster and choose cleaner exploitative adjustments at the table.
