ChuckTs
Legend
Silver Level
I play a lot of STTs, and ever since I started taking them seriously, I've debated what the ideal style is for them, considering metagame and +EV plays.
I play a TAG style early on, and a LAG style later on for several reasons. One of them is metagame. I'll play super tight early to advertise the image of a nit who won't play anything but the nuts. I raise, they all get out of the way. Then of course I exploit this later on when the blinds are worth stealing, and just attack like crazy because everyone's so scared of me holding a big hand.
Now the issue here for me is that I sometimes play so tight that I think miss out on plays that could outweigh the value of having that tight image in the later stages.
This shows up in other games too, obviously. Someone might sit down at a ring game and play like a lagomaniac to advertise a wild image so he can use it to his advantage later. I've heard (and have done so myself) that people lose multiple buyins just so they can win even more later. But then you run the risk of the players at your table leaving (and your image being forgotten), or just plain losing too much in the LAG period of your play.
It's kind of hard to measure but where do you draw the line? I'm still varying between tighter and looser styles in my STTs, and haven't found a sweet spot yet, hence the thread...
I play a TAG style early on, and a LAG style later on for several reasons. One of them is metagame. I'll play super tight early to advertise the image of a nit who won't play anything but the nuts. I raise, they all get out of the way. Then of course I exploit this later on when the blinds are worth stealing, and just attack like crazy because everyone's so scared of me holding a big hand.
Now the issue here for me is that I sometimes play so tight that I think miss out on plays that could outweigh the value of having that tight image in the later stages.
This shows up in other games too, obviously. Someone might sit down at a ring game and play like a lagomaniac to advertise a wild image so he can use it to his advantage later. I've heard (and have done so myself) that people lose multiple buyins just so they can win even more later. But then you run the risk of the players at your table leaving (and your image being forgotten), or just plain losing too much in the LAG period of your play.
It's kind of hard to measure but where do you draw the line? I'm still varying between tighter and looser styles in my STTs, and haven't found a sweet spot yet, hence the thread...