[mikever]

I think for the most part we are dealing with generalities.

What i mean is, as a general rule you do what we've said here on small stakes tables. But that doesn't mean that if you come across a decent player that you shouldn't try to make moves against him. But, for the most part small-stakes players are bad, and there is no need to do much beyond value bet.

One in a blue moon you will find a decent small-stakes player (heck, i consider myself one, somedays). For example, in my weekly home game, most everyone is pretty bad (play big pots with mediocre hands, chase every draw, very loose preflop ... etc.) But one guy (my roomate actually) is a pretty good player. So we both joke about how we valuebet everyone else at the table, but when we are in a hand against each other, we can actually play a little bit more complex poker, as far bluffing, and making reads, etc.

I would think at higher stakes there are generalities as well, like at NL $10/20 you run into a lot better players, for the most part, but then you also run into tuffish and the like sometimes too, so you vary your play.

But again, as a general rule, just valuebet small stakes. (By the way, i try to entertain myself when im folding hand after hand by seeing what other people are playing with and willing to get stacked with. It's a little bit of poker snobishness on my part, ill admit, but keeps me amused while i am waiting for a value hand.)