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Originally Posted by DryAngel
I have to agree with this. I am a moderate winner @ 2/5nl.
When I try to follow the style advocated in this thread (using position, aggression and backing off when played back) I usually end up losing more $. For instance, sometimes I raise with 25s, Q7s etc from LP and get looked up - after flopping a strong draw and missing it by river I end up losing some $ as live players are hard to bluff off at times. I end having to work my stack back up again by playing TAG fundamentals.
So its a bit confusing when the thread advocates a LAG style of play PF and TAG post-flop, but then other threads say just play the cards and match the boards at 2/5 nl level instead of playing suited 2/3/4 gappers??
I have to agree with this. Most of the time I sit down at the 2/5 game, my reads are: "Can't bluff him, can't bluff him, can't bluff him, can't bluff him, aaaaaand probably can't bluff him." Just gotta play TAG and make hands usually. When a lot of these players run into any sort of decent hand, they have a hard time folding it. They didn't wait around for 3 hours just to fold when they finally make a hand. So.... you wait. Sometimes you don't even need to build any kind of image, they will pay you off no matter what.
That being said, when a thinking player sits down at the table in this situation and sees your TAG game, you can start to open up specifically vs. them. 3betting them pre once in a while with marginal hands, raising other streets when you sense weakness from him. If they've made you as a TAG it will be hard for a thinking player to call you down.
Sure, once in a while you get super-nits that you can bluff, but they seem to be a dying breed. It's more typical to get people who can't fold big hands or who try to be Tom Dwan and play a very exploitable LAG style.