My take on ultra LAG style in cash games

ZackK19

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Hey guys,
Lately I have been playing cash games only with some sit-go in between.However found out some intresting things.When I first started to play I played really straight ABC TAG poker.It wasn't working for me.I was breaking even alot of times.I started to read alot of books and then realize I needed to change my style.Over the last 2 weeks I started playing really maniac crazy loose aggresive.I know alot of people on here don't believe in that style.However what I do is I obsereve the table if I think the table to soft I will join.However over the course of the last few days.Playing on pokerstars mircos.I just go banannas just reraise on top of a reraise ,raise when everybody limps.When they fold I show them my cards like last night I reraise with a bluff on 4-9 offsuit and won.I showed my cards.Then I waited till I got AK or a pair and then got crazy this time he thought I was bluffing then he reraise I go all in .He calls shows 88 I show QQ on a board with 66337.Is there a downfall to being borderline instanity aggresive.I 'm not gonna change my style because it works for me.However is there any one else that has played this way that can tell me there downfalls playing this style?

The other day I won a 20 dollar pot on full tilt because I reraise with 65 suited and flopped a staright against a guy that was TAG with QQ and the third guy a passive player with AQ in the .5/.10 NL deep stacks ring game 6max where the board came 734 then Q 10 because I showed my bluffed last hand with a j 4 off.I do get called sometimes most of the time I don't because my play is too mixed up they don't know what to put me on.And I will take a player you don't know what to put him on any day no matter what .All I 'm saying is that even most people don't condone it I think it really works .There times I lose however there times I gain maxium profit .I use postion, bet weakness ,reading players, betting patterns ,bet when they check ,reraise on a raise .All in on a rasie on top a reraise.all these while being ultra loose agg.The catch is I show my hands when I bluff and win a big pot all the time.Most people don't show there hands However I do because when they see that bluff they think I'm bluffing the next time ,however I have a hand next time.

Second I need someone to help me out with pokertracker so I can do my graphs and show you how I have been doing with this style .I can't get pokertracker cause my computer won't download psQol? So need help with that.

Please don't come on with a reply saying I'm stupid or it ain't true or it's impossible to win this way.It works for me and other might be able to use this approach Those that are playing by the book TAG and like me always broke even or loss money.Just another way I think might help some people.
 
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/me waits for the long run to kick in.

I know a little about playing LAG, and honestly, it is so very hard to win at a decent rate if you deviate farther than say 30/28 playing 6-max. You have to hand read exceptionally well, and be very good at bluffing/v-betting thin.

That said, when you run hot playing this way, your graph looks like a giant volcano. But I have no doubts that playing a solid ABC TAG style will win you more money at any microstakes cash game.

Also, it seems to me that you confuse being a TAG with being unable to bluff. There's a difference between having a tight range of hands preflop & being a nit postflop. Both TAG and LAG styles are more about the "AG" and less about the "T" or the "L".
 
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downside to be LAG? huge variance.
 
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