Playing middle-range hands

I consider myself a decent tight-aggressive, but I have some serious problems breaking out of it. Playing TA is fine and all until you're card dead or figured out, and it's easy to become both during a tournament when you're only playing 15-20% of your hands. I do the easy stuff, pocket pairs, high connecters, suited ace-kickers, stuff that has good potential, but what about the 30% of your hands that seem tempting but have bad kickers, or are low connectors, or are better when you're in position (KJ, Q10, QJ). I find many of the tables and games I play are pretty loose and aggressive, and the people are hard to get a read on because they play so wide. Should I keep playing tight and let myself be bored? What about when the blinds get all nasty toward the end and K3o is starting to look sexy? Is it really all about patience here?
Also… what the hell's up with Q10? Why do I always lose with and to that hand?

In tournies ,tight is right. Patience is the only thing that pays off.

Pay attention to your stacksize compared to the blinds. After a certain point you are no longer able to setmine or call speculative hands in position because you may not be getting the right price because of everyone being relatively shallow stacked.



In general be patient. and avoid medium hands like QT- off ,,,etc and weak aces.

It is about patience and position. you have to try and make better plays in position to have an advantage and try and pick up small pots here and there in position when card dead. When the blinds are high you can improve your stack significantly by trying to steal from late position or the blinds. Here you can shove any two from the small blind if folded around to you, similarly you can shove a wide range from button and high cards from cutoff. So make good use of your stack and position.

It's too simplistic to say it's all about patience. You can only play your table situation, so you should to it adapt as best you can. This can mean being your usual patient self, but it can also mean getting either more or less active. In this respect, one factor that's not always mentioned is your game. For instance, when you're at a table where you feel you should be more active, you should also consider how active you can be before you get far enough out of your comfort zone to lessen or negate the benefit of being more active.

I think youve got the right approach & yeah Ace nothing can look good when you are short. To be honest, if the players coming in after you have shown weakness, then Ace/Rag is an awesome blind stealer. Make sure you play the bubble smart. Keep 'em strong & bet heavy.

Your tightness/agressivity depends on the kind of players you are playing with. You have to recognize their patterns and adjust to their game. If you are playing tight, playing middle range hands will be useful to confuse them just be sure to reach the showoff with the lowest stake possible. Besides you also gather intelligence, you can try small bets and check how people react, who is the one that raises, who folds and who calls.