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Originally Posted by caseycjc
It's exactly what I said and when I stove A5s vs A7s vs a 15% range the A5s is just slightly ahead. That being said we all know that A5s is the more playable hand.
I just don't know why anyone wants to give up 44% Eq vs a 15% range in the BB vs a standard raise. I do understand that you're talking specifically to a true TAG but I still believe a good TAG will make this call under most circumstances in the BB
This whole thread is a little off. TAG is Tight and Aggressive. A nit is tight and passive without the nuts. The opening ranges are the same. Tags and Nits are not playing KTs or A5s. That is not to say that not playing those hands are bad, just that those are not hands a tight player plays. IF they were, then what do you call a guy that plays so tight that KQ is not in his range?
TAG is a good strategy to start with. In fact most poker books recommend it because they know their audience is trying to learn the game. People get into the mindset that TAG is perfect poker, and when they find mathematically sound logical reasons to play other hands in specific circumstances, they just assume that "Good Tags" play those hands in those instances. Wrong, Tags play tight and very good players play something other than tag. When they find the logical reasons to play a large variety of hands in a variety of circumstances and play those hands in a +EV manner, they are no longer Tags, they are Lags. Sometimes, but not often, they are good LAGs
My point is that having a good reason to play A5 from the BB that is proven to be +EV does not mean that someone who plays that then is a TAG. It means they have progressed a little beyond TAG towards LAG, and that progression if done properly is a good thing.
A TAG plays less than 10% of hands.... usually well below one hand per orbit. Otherwise we need a new term for someone who is truly tight. 15% is good poker, but a little looser than a TAG.