[davebwell]

Phil Hellmuth's book Play Poker Like the Pros is highly criticized for the strategic advice he gives for hold em but I found his player types categories to be very helpful. The types are a mouse who is very timid and cautious, an elephant- goes too far with hands rarely folds and isn't very aggressive, a jackal- very reckless and aggressive, bets anytime it is checked to him, raises often and plays a lot of marginal hands but always aggressively and a lion (I think) - aggressive and highly selective in his play. To this day I still type player notes that only say "Jackal" or what have you.