I was wondering if I could get some insight from people that are more experienced.

I only play 1-2 live. still learning.

For the last 3-4 months, I've been playing a very tight style basically the top 10-15%. only continuation bet bluffing and shutting down if called. Shutting down if someone plays back at me. This tight style has been profitable but nothing crazy.

I've started trying the last couple of sessions being a little looser preflop and trying to be more aggressive post flop. Idea is to make small mistakes preflop but avoid big mistakes post flop. A couple times I called with small one gappers to a nit raise knowing fully that he had a large over pair. a $10 mistake. But the 5th time i did this i connected with the flop nicely and stacked someone with KKs for about $200.

I've noticed that most people are pretty solid with preflop meaning that they may limp garbage but tighten up in a raised pot since so many pots at this game is limped around. However, postflop they get stacks in with K high flush or shove with 2 pairs.

is this a bad idea?

thank you

Is what a bad idea? I dont see the question.

I think he means calling pfr with suited one gappers and stuff.

OP, I think you're playing pretty normal. Reserve your loosened up style for last three late positions (BTN, CO, HJ) and see how it works. Do not get fancy in earlier positions or from the blinds imo.

The part about get it in with flush draw or shove two pairs is situational and we can't comment too easily on that without specifics.

Opening up your range can be more profitable but you need to play better and your play has to be more situational. It is not just having a range you play any more, you need to looks at positions, stack sizes, possible action after, how villain plays and so on.

Habitually limp/folding and playing garbage hands are both a leak except in rare situations. Table has to be a favorable combinations of bad and deep before it will be profitable. The post flop hands you describe vary, sometimes shoving a big flush draw or two pair is fine, in others it's bad.

Agree with the above comments, and would emphasize that in certain game dynamics this strategy can be terrible. For example, my regular 1/3 game has evolved to where it typically plays loose/aggro preflop with experienced players punishing limpers, an average raise size of $18-25, and frequent enough 3bet squeezes. But then most players are tightening up significantly postflop. There are fewer players willing to auto stack off (unless low SPR) with top pair or overpairs, so your implied odds are greatly reduced and the strategy you describe wouldn't be profitable.

When someone isnt willing to stack off with an overpair and you have 7h6h, instead of waiting for a board like Qd7cTs7d to shove your chips in.....you shove when the board is Qd7c8s5h or Qh7cTs3h...ect. There are ways to exploit everyone. You just have to know what to do and who to do it to.

Hhawkk - If you're just starting there's a lot of value in being very good at ABC poker. Don't under-estimate this is a rush to learn some fancier plays. Stick with premiums, work on getting max value with them. This is a great newbie / newer strategy. As you gain understanding on the more subtle nuances of the game, then open up your play when the situations present themselves. Do this academically, understand what you're doing and why, anticipate V's responses and study whether you we right in the play or not (not the outcome of the hand). I would still keep ABC as the backbone (98+%) of your game. Mixing in 1-2% can be valuable and fun. Remember that 1-2% is 1-2 hands every ~4 hours.