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Tight or Aggresive or BOTH!

  • 08-08-2006 9:09pm
    #1
    ZingADingDing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Howdy,

    Whats the best way to play. Be tight, bet strong hands, all in on nuts only OR bet on draws, bluff. I have found myself bluffing alot more recently and am unsure if this is such a good thing. I used to be so tight, just play strong hands, this meant I was winning and losing only when I am unlucky. Now I get caught bluffing and it puts me on tilt, bad humour. Good bluffs mind you but getting insane calls from idiots (don't make me go into it). I hear to be a really good player you need to be aggressive, is this true? I have won tournaments, got high finishes, made money from cash games playing tight, should I stick to this or should I start playing power poker? I have my own views but all you seem to know what ur at, so any feedback from all of you would be much appreciated and interesting to hear.


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  • #2
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,669 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    Its a bit of a vague question to be honest - I think a sensible tight game will get you quite far, online anyway, especially at low levels where most players are loose.
    But you'll be eaten alive playing only the top5% of hands at say 6handed 2/4.

    I would suggest find a style which a) wins for you and b) you are comfortable with. Then continually be looking for areas where you can 'tweak it'.


  • #3
    Sangre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,199 ✭✭✭✭Sangre


    Don't bluff bad poker players, ever. Its just not worth it. They will call, no matter how strong a hand you're representing.

    I'd describe myself as TAG, I play hard when I think I've hit anything that beats the villian(s)


  • #4
    *Counterfeit*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭*Counterfeit*


    Depends entirely on the quality of opposition. The key to any succesful session is to win the first two/three hands you showdown or at least lose to a suckout. After that your bluffs are likely to be a lot more succesful (I find so anyway personally). As for the loose/tight thing I like to play loose but sensibly. If I don't know by the turn card that I can win a pot (either with my hand or by betting) I'm pretty much so done with it.


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