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King Spew-

Interesting post. You're almost advocating a loose passive strategy that I see among countless micro players. You know the type, your 35/5s, 40/8s, etc. From some datamining, I have very large samples on these sort of loose passive types. Many with samples over 5k hands. I have often found, this is particularly true at 100NL and lower, is that many of these "loose passive" players do fairly well in the games. Sure they have glaring leaks, but in general I have found many of these players to be much better hand readers and better post-flop players than many 2p2ers at these stakes [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] It's funny when I look at 2p2ers with 18/13/4 type stats and see glaring postflop mistakes. These "Tight Aggressive" players wait so long for a decent hand, that they get far to attached to their hand postflop.

It was shocking to see these "TAG" 2p2 style players not beating the game!

The bottom line is that in NLHE, your preflop strategy is much less important than games such as Omaha 8/ob. A 50/20 may be just as profitable as a 20/16. There are many different styles of play, and while the old saying "Tight is right" is good for beginners, it is important to note that a tight preflop strategy is not the key to success in winning poker.


I've gotten off topic a bit here. So to adress the OP:

IMO the most important reasons for raising preflop are:

1. Betting initiative
2. Stacking donks [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] (You're much more likely to stack someone in a raised pot)