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In any poker game, you're going to face tight and loose players. Ultimately, you will need to beat both. But, which is more difficult to beat?
At a table full of loose, reckless players, a fine strategy is to play tight. The idea is to tighten your play in hopes of persuading loose players to continue with worse hands. Their hands will be worse more than half the time. The problem, is that multiple loose players are going to be chasing and fishing a single pot against you. They're often going to suck out and beat you with worse hands.
We always assume that it's best to play against bad players because they are easy to beat. In reality, a table full of loose, reckless players are often bad players but they aren't always easy to beat. Strength in numbers can edge you out.
Against tight players, the opposite of all this applies. The idea is to play loose in hopes of persuading (Scaring) your opponent to fold hands better than yours. The problem is also opposite. Tight players will simply have the better cards more than half the time.
So where would you rather sit? At a table full of loose players or tight players? Which one is easier to exploit?
At a table full of loose, reckless players, a fine strategy is to play tight. The idea is to tighten your play in hopes of persuading loose players to continue with worse hands. Their hands will be worse more than half the time. The problem, is that multiple loose players are going to be chasing and fishing a single pot against you. They're often going to suck out and beat you with worse hands.
We always assume that it's best to play against bad players because they are easy to beat. In reality, a table full of loose, reckless players are often bad players but they aren't always easy to beat. Strength in numbers can edge you out.
Against tight players, the opposite of all this applies. The idea is to play loose in hopes of persuading (Scaring) your opponent to fold hands better than yours. The problem is also opposite. Tight players will simply have the better cards more than half the time.
So where would you rather sit? At a table full of loose players or tight players? Which one is easier to exploit?