[chesspain]

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If you have made it so the people to your left are really loose, you can only really open-raise with legitimate hands and have to fold most of everything else, since they will be calling two cold and you can't take a shot at the blinds with weak hands anymore.

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But assuming the loose players to my left aren't very aggressive, having them to my left means they will coldcall my legitimate raises with crap and limp after my limping hands.




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Whenever you do play, you will often be essentially in EP. The tighties fold to you, the loose players all limp in, and your absolute position will often be terrible those times you are in EP and MP.

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I don't see a problem with being in a position where I already know whether the tight players are going to be in the pot or not, and I'm going to have loose (but not aggressive) players after me who won't punish me for limping with drawing hands.

Although I think that Bison has made some interesting and thought-provoking points, I believe that the issue is a bit more complicated and less straight-forward than he presents.