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I have read a book saying that:

you may play an opposite style against the table. which means play tight on loose table, and play loose on tight tables.

I really don't understand play loose on tight tables , is an +EV.

Since, there are 8 more players who are going to use the quality starting hands against your marginal holdings. They could easily ask you to pay, eg, both hit top pair but their tighter range win the pot with a better kicker or even worse, you hit second nuts and their with nuts.


So, I really don't understand, how to be profitable by loose to a tight table. any suggestions?

thank you ...LOL

BTW: this one is from Harrington on holdem book vol 1.
 
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My assumption would be alot of LP steals and 3betting light for folds?
 
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Also since your opponents will have a much narrower range, it should be easier to play against. Of course, you'll have to have fairly solid post flop skills to make, say a 28/26 style profitable but it is much easier on a tight table than one where you're playing to showdown every hand.
 
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Well if players are tight they only play premium hand, they do not get these hands often, so you can steal a lot, with any hands, this senario often happen at the bubble, you most have good post flop skills if you decide to actually play the hand ( and not fold to a reraise ), but you will be able to put you oppnents easyer on a hand.

Another thing be carefull with poker books unfortunatly the game is moving forward in higher speed than they cab print the books.

Some advice still hold up, but as the game is at the moment you will only see very thight play at or around bubbles.
 
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Assuming you have a good stack, 25+ BBs, at a super tight table, you can raise any unopened pot with atc. Fold to 3 bets.

If this works 3/4 of the time you're increasing your stack.
 
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That's simply not true

What it really did try to point out is that the game is much more lose and aggresive than it was for 4 years ago. But as always there are all kind of players, but you will seldom see a full table of tight players in todays poker.

Unless it' a very deep and very slow tournament.
 
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My assumption would be alot of LP steals and 3betting light for folds?
So I take it that the reverse of this is to play tight on a loose table...wait for good quality/premium hands and four bet the lite 3 bets???
 
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So I take it that the reverse of this is to play tight on a loose table...wait for good quality/premium hands and four bet the lite 3 bets???
ye generally speaking you will fold more .......and reraise more.
That goes with playing tight as you'll only enter pots with Premium hands, and have to get value, when you enter.
 
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As with most any poker advice, it does not live in a vacuum. You can not just randomly be loose vs a tight table - that is not at all what he is saying.

You have to put this strategy together with other elements of play - such as POSITION. This speaks to your concern about being loose against 8 other players. Use position so you are dealing with only 2 or 3 or maybe 4 other players to increase the odds you will NOT run into a premium hand.

But you will need to feel your way through it and see what you can and cannot get away with.
 
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As with most any poker advice, it does not live in a vacuum. You can not just randomly be loose vs a tight table - that is not at all what he is saying.

You have to put this strategy together with other elements of play - such as POSITION. This speaks to your concern about being loose against 8 other players. Use position so you are dealing with only 2 or 3 or maybe 4 other players to increase the odds you will NOT run into a premium hand.

But you will need to feel your way through it and see what you can and cannot get away with.

thanks for advice, my big problem is like a donkey....will go straight to death, and pay ....cry:eek:
 
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Position will be key and pretty much tight players are fold city all day.
 
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The advice is inherently flawed.

If a loose player is playing a against a tight player then who has the advantage, the loose player or the tight player?

If a tight player is playing a against a tight player then who has the advantage, the tight player or the tight player?

If you're playing loose against a tight player then by doing so you're making him play tight against a loose player... and vice versa. It's not the type of thought process you want to have at the poker table.
 
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Playing loose-aggressive can be very profitable, but it requires good hand-reading skills. If you're playing tight opponents, they will fold a lot of blinds, and fold to a 3-bet on a lot more hands. And will fold a lot postflop if they miss their range, particularly if they're worried you might have something. You just have to be really careful they don't sucker you into playing a hand where they dominate you.

I'm not confident that I can be that careful, so I try not to play that style (I don't always succeed :D).
 
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The advice is inherently flawed.

If a loose player is playing a against a tight player then who has the advantage, the loose player or the tight player?

If a tight player is playing a against a tight player then who has the advantage, the tight player or the tight player?

If you're playing loose against a tight player then by doing so you're making him play tight against a loose player... and vice versa. It's not the type of thought process you want to have at the poker table.

Im not sure I get this. Can you elaborate a little more?
 
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