To John A.
I did kinda skip the solid TAG stage of learning. Despite the cc regs constant orders to do so. But I'm crushing 4nl over the past 25k hands(not big enough to trust the win rate but enough to know I'm a winning player) as it is with returns I would love to brag about (see my challenge thread
) despite really neg ev blind play. So I'm looking to improve further. LAG is the game I feel comfortable with and my computer is too slow to mass table so I have time to concentrate on player dependent moves. Its a personality flaw that I could never sit tight and do the 15vpip/12pfr thing that everyone says is profitable, and I don't doubt it against the 4nl fish, but I felt like I was missing equity and it was killing me.
The biggest thing, and don't freak when I say this because i'm sure many of the regs here are winning tags, but I've never seen/played against a winning TAG unless you include rakeback(couple of these). Speaks to the quality at 4nl more than anything, but it was part of my rationalization. The apparent TAGs I play just seem weak tight to me and I have position on them so much that they have to get spewey to fight back which plays exactly into my hands. TAGs hate getting called behind and putting people in awkward situations is what we're supposed to be doing riht? Or I can just stay out of pots with them, which even the fish seem to understand.
So I'm off and running and don't want to try walking again, until something changes to ruin my run. Which could be easily happen when I move up in stakes or go on a huge losing streak from over aggression. Cross that bridge when it comes.