Tight vs. Loose Poker

[GarotoMaroto]

Depends on the moment of the tournament,i would say tight all the way but i few loose hands in the way to the final table when you feel you can extract some chips when everyone is afraid of falling out
Go for the gold
God bless

 

[eetenor]

I was playing at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Playing $1/$2 No limit. Many of the opponents were playing 40% of the hands dealt to them. I was playing very tight. I was raising 8% of my hands. Sometimes I would limp though. After a raise my opponents would exclaim hey watch out Erik is raising everyone watch out! So I would get a full house and everybody would fold.

So, then I decided to play more hands, 20% that is, and I was raising and not limping. But last night I was playing and I noticed that my chips would bleed very fast. I would get a hand, bet $10, then fold. I was not connecting with the flop here. Do this six or seven times, and bam, I’m down $80 already! Then I have to stack someone to make it back. And if I get a bad beat I’m down even more!

What do you guys think? Which strategy is better? Tighter or looser?

"So, then I decided to play more hands, 20% that is, and I was raising and not limping. But last night I was playing and I noticed that my chips would bleed very fast. I would get a hand, bet $10, then fold. I was not connecting with the flop here. Do this six or seven times, and bam, I’m down $80 already! Then I have to stack someone to make it back. And if I get a bad beat I’m down even more!"

the above is a minimal amount of variance in live cash games- If you have one night like this and rethink your strategy you are most likely harming your game.

You want to use a strategy that works most of the time for 20 sessions before you switch it up.

However you are right if they know you by name and know your game you will not make the highest ROI. LAG loose aggressive Poker is best vs V who call preflop and then fold post flop--- as you are suggesting in your post
TAG works much better vs weak preflop sticky post flop players who play dominated hands to the river.

 

[AdamasDate]

In other words your a nit and the table knows it then u tried to adjust to much then u started to bleed chips so your playing face up

 

[Chebchoub]

so you don’t like live? Is it the five dollar rake? Is Americas Card Room a good site to play on?

Yes, I tried this room, it is more realistic than pokerstars