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Originally Posted by Yeodan
If your opponents are loose, play extremely tight early. Especially if they don't adjust to you playing that tight.
If they do adjust, play slightly looser and show some bad hands.
While not playing any hands, pay attention to how they look at their cards, how they bet, how much they bet, where their hands are when in a hand, where they are looking, what they are saying ...
Figure out which players fold too much and figure out which players call too much.
Against the folders, bluff more.
Against the callers, value bet more and bluff less (or not at all if they are call stations!)
Once you have some reads on players, you can target them.
Don't try to play loose against the maniacs, unless you are extremely good post flop. Which you're most likely not.
Usually in poker, playing the opposite of how your opponents are playing is most profitable.
Playing 15-2? sounds horrible. Switch to like 10-8 something.
Play a lot less hands from early position and a few more from late probably.
Call less pre-flop and 3bet and fold more!
Yeah this is basically how I play it. Probably my biggest leak is not getting enough value out of my good hands because always scared the loose, calling stations are calling my 2 pair down with a J8o straight or 94s flush. Often I'll be facing 2 or even 3 opponents in every pot I have a strong hand in who are playing any 2 suited or connected cards. And they play strong and weak hands the same for the most part. They call. But you're right, I guess I should be playing my value hands more aggressively, 3betting even where I know my weaker looser opponents are not folding with a worse hand. Even if I dink of half my chips in the first couple levels to suck outs, its more likely that I will build a stronger stack, in the long run of many tournaments and get to those good paying final table spots.