Yup, the ones who seem to know what they are doing, you should at least keep table image at the back of your mind.
Since many ppls are multitabling, (the serious players with small BR's) and those who are not are by and large Noobs just learning the game,
does table image really matter at 2nl?
Thoughts.....
Of course it matters. It matters a great deal when considering whether or not you're likely a dominant favorite, likely race, or a race at best. I'd rather target the bad players at the table not mess too much with the tighter players. Generally if they are showing any resistance after the flop they have something and it's worth waiting for a better moment to get your money into a pot.
I wasn't refering to the image ( i.e. my perception of the players im at the table with, as its obv that im going to use my perception of them in MY desciscions. I was asking if we really think that at 2NL players in the majority are truly paying attention to image as WE are... multitablers are limited in what they can pick up as image due to the volume of tables they are playing (thats one of my assumptions). and the field is full of new players to the game as well, so i just wanted eeryone take on that view point
On this point, I'd think the majority are not. I started online poker at 10NL and never played much 2NL, I primarily used it to experiment with table mods and AHK scripts and such. But while there I found it to be basically a freeroll mentality and not taken terribly seriously by most. I doubt that there are very many regular grinders at 2NL, unless they're a hyper BR nit that went busto, so most are probably recreational or beginner players who don't know what "image" means. That doesn't mean some won't notice if you raise/fold every hand and then play differently with you because of it. But once they're skilled enough to understand and process each player's style at the table, then they're probably moving on from 2NL as soon as they have the BR....I was asking if we really think that at 2NL players in the majority are truly paying attention to image as WE are...
Now on this point, you're incorrect. Virtually all decent multi-tablers are using a HUD and tracking software, so yes they do have reads. As a MTer myself, from their stats I have a very good idea how people are playing at my tables, and play back accordingly. I'm always trying to both leverage my own image and exploit theirs. It's a myth that MTers only play premium hands and robo-poker -- they make decisions too, and those decisions come from stats and history with the people they're playing with.multitablers are limited in what they can pick up as image due to the volume of tables they are playing (thats one of my assumptions)
On this point, I'd think the majority are not. I started online poker at 10NL and never played much 2NL, I primarily used it to experiment with table mods and AHK scripts and such. But while there I found it to be basically a freeroll mentality and not taken terribly seriously by most. I doubt that there are very many regular grinders at 2NL, unless they're a hyper BR nit that went busto, so most are probably recreational or beginner players who don't know what "image" means. That doesn't mean some won't notice if you raise/fold every hand and then play differently with you because of it. But once they're skilled enough to understand and process each player's style at the table, then they're probably moving on from 2NL as soon as they have the BR.
Now on this point, you're incorrect. Virtually all decent multi-tablers are using a HUD and tracking software, so yes they do have reads. As a MTer myself, from their stats I have a very good idea how people are playing at my tables, and play back accordingly. I'm always trying to both leverage my own image and exploit theirs. It's a myth that MTers only play premium hands and robo-poker -- they make decisions too, and those decisions come from stats and history with the people they're playing with.
And even with new players I've never seen before, within just 20-30 hands (often 10 is enough) I have enough basic information to broadly classify them in terms of fish, LAG, TAG, nit, etc., which I then try to use to my advantage. The longer they sit and play, the better of an idea I have, and my adjustment to them.