hi all , nice to see all the comments and ideas, I'd say sometimes it varies,
some certain types of players may play LAG early on in the mtt or with a short stack, then if they get a big stack, may slow down and pick spots , or vice versa , play TAG with a smaller stack and then LAG with a bigger stack, add to this is the stage of where the mtt is at, and you have a lot of variables, in any event as in chess as in poker as in martial arts, I would say strength isn't indicative through style, that is players of different styles can get the same winning result due to their strength , not style ...... it's always a curious thing, style , and we speculate a lot about it, like in boxing, A can beat B, B can beat C, yet C beats A , in these types of examples we point at style as the defining factor,
what we don't speculate about much is strength, faced vs a very strong opponent, we notice after even a short time how strong they are, lol , my 5c
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in the more poker specific side of things, don't be fooled by thinking a certain style is weaker or stronger than the next, as I said above strength is imo the defining factor, a lot of players feel that especially LAG's are weaker players and that sooner or later they will simply spew away all their chips and then out, don't be fooled , I'm pretty sure they know exactly what they're doing , know what their image looks like etc, most likely they may also rely on the maths side of
odds , meaning any 2 cards have a chance to beat any "premium hand" even AA , this we have seen time ad time again, it's not beyond imagination that these LAG's with perhaps a huge stack will play these "odds" as well as other plans they have, and use everything to win.
good players will most likely know the draw backs/weaknesses (if any) of any style they choose to use at that particular moment, table, mtt or even 1 hour period, and perhaps play on these themes/myths/so-called-weaknesses to induce the unknown player to give up their chips ,
maybe a confusing rambling 5c