The mouse
The mouse is a tight, conservative player, and only plays with good hands. When a mouse raises everyone else tends to fold, and if a mouse comes over the top of someone its likely the muse has almost unbeatable hand. The mouse is very predictable, so it loses out on a lot of pots. Although a mouse is tight and does not get the bulk of the action, its likely they will earn themselfs more money then lost.
The Jackal likes to play with any two cards. His chip stack is always going up and down. With good cards, he makes money, but he loses all with a serious of bad cards, completely opposite of the mouse. If you happen to notice your playing against a jackal dont be afraid to call his bets, because most of the time he has garbage, and is trying to bluff. In higher limit games, skilled players take advantage of his loose reckless play, and he tends to lose more then he ever wins.
People refer to the animal style of the elephant the "calling station". This animals loose starting hand requirements allow it to play in a lot of pots. It will call a person to the river hoping to draw out. There is no sense trying to bluff a elephant, but when you have a elephant dominated you can take a lot of chips of them. Once in a while the elephant will beat you cause he is willing to draw to the end. For the most part a good percentage of a elephants stack will fade away. A very easy animal to take money off if you hold good cards.
The lion is also a tight player who plays good hands, without the really tight reputation. The lion will play good hands, but once in a while will take a calculated risk on maybe a draw or something similiar. When he does bluff, which is very unusual, he tends to get away with it cause he is given respect. He plays aggressive poker, and will be merciless. Like in real life, he feeds off other animals, as in this situation the jackal, elephant, and the mouse. He makes a lot of money by feeding of these 3.
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