super tight??

playing super tight is a strategy that im sure we are all accustomed to. when sit and wait for all the big hands. sure were bound to win more pots than we lose. (that alone should really answer my question) but i still think its worth the discussion. and what it is im talking about is how you should change up your play depending on the way in which your opponents are playing. if youv got an average pot size over the minimum buy in. and the player to flop ratio is nearing 50% of all players full ring. should you perhaps play a few more hands like kj suited in middle position to a limp? surely if your good enough to know that table will pay you off more than the others. and tight usually its in your interest to play more moderate hands in order to make straights and flush's to kill those middle pair pushin' donkeys!

I like to play tight at first to see where everyone is at and to show the table I only play strong hands. Once I feel the table labels me as a tight player I start to loosen up and slow play my strong hands. I only play this way when I plan on sitting at the table for a while.

Yea I tend to play tight & play premium hands but even those f your over sometime! Pairs seem to always win though hmm...

As your hand reading and postflop skills increase, you can loosen up to see more flops. That's why you see the pros and high stakes players entering pots with very marginal hands -- they bank on more advanced skills like recognizing good implied odds situations and solid postflop play, including a high confidence in their bluffing ability. These are all advanced skills that a beginner or intermediate player often get in trouble with.

The guidelines that suggest super-tight play in cash games are generally geared towards newer players and those who struggle with tough decisions post-flop. You almost never see very advanced cash players being nitty unless they're playing 20+ tables.

Tournaments are another animal entirely -- in a typical fast online tourney, you want to start out pretty tight while turning up the aggression at the appropriate spots and as the levels increase. OTOH in a much slower, deepstacked tourney you can afford to see a lot of cheap flops early on with speculative hands.

So, as with everything else in poker, it's situational. It depends on the game format and structure, your table image, the other players, and skill levels all around.