Re: NLHTP#15 Swapping Mistakes & Adjusting to Loose Games and Players
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I really hate the advice to loosen up in looser games. I may be bias because I am still a low limit player, but you even see this at 10/20-20/40NL on Live at the Bike. Corporation Mike makes the game loosen up and all of a sudden good players are playing hands they shouldnt. I feel strongly about playing really snug, maybe even a short stack in loose games because people are going to be making a lot of big mistakes against you (i.e. calling preflop without getting proper implied odds, calling pre and post flop with dominated hands, calling a tight players bets too much). Again I play 1/2NL in the casino and micro limits online so I probably have a bias towards the strategy that works for me, but loosening up seems to play into LAG players game. Please le me know your thoughts on this because I don't want to have just one view on how to play the game, but this does not seem like a piece of advice that goes with the rest of the themes in this book.
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Yes, this is the first time I've ever heard to play looser in a looser game. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Maybe the idea is that if you are a good post-flop player then it may behoove you to splash around a bit more in position. Obviously when you miss you get out quickly and cheaply, but when you hit you can value bet into the villain for everything he's worth. IDK, I'm certainly still working on my post-flop play so this might not be a good move for me, but perhaps more experienced and better post-flop players may find it advantageous?
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