[innerpeace]

interesting thread and discussion. i'm glad that you point to the importance of proficiency at different styles.

although you and others probably know this, it's important to note that very good players - even those whose image has been "pegged" do switch gears. gus hansen often does play tag and dan harrington does switch to lag. in both cases, they rely on their image to create additional +ev situations. for example, i've seen gus fold twenty plus hands in a row pre flop, and dan will pick good spots to bluff.

to truly engage in this style, i would concur with others that you should drop to a level where the money doesn't matter (both from an overall perspective and from a bankroll perspective).

someone pointed out that you should play tag and develop more hand reading skills before employing a lag style. from my experience this won't work in improving your hand reading as a lag player.

when you play especially lag, and are playing against decent opponents, then they will notice and make specific adjustments. you have to fine tune to those specific adjustments and out-think them (like figuring out when your opponents are restealing, which they will do more frequently if they don't respect your bets/raises)

in other words, opponents who will play against you one way when they perceive you as tag will play differently when they perceive you as lag.

good luck with your experiment. i'd be interested to know how it turns out.