[TheRake]

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Regardless of what people think or say on this board weak/tight is not a terrible way to play micro limit games. It is true that it may not maximize winnings, but it WILL make you a winning player at this level.

I agree. You can play tight before the flop, and weak-tight poker after the flop and beat small limit games. You will not beat them for that much, but you will beat them.

But why learn to play that way? If you learn to play that way, you will not be prepared to move up. If you play that way in mid-limit games, you will not win. You will never be more than a mediocre player. The time to start learning to play correctly is now, in micro-limits. Why learn a simple strategy that beats only very soft games when you can learn a more complex strategy that can beat any limit hold 'em game? Especially when the more complex strategy will win much more in the soft games as well.

You guys are here to learn to play solid, winning poker. Solid winning poker means playing tight before the flop, tight in small pots, and aggressively in big pots.

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I totally agree with this. My concern was in the context that this forum is a beginning/intermediate forum. Of course everyone is here to learn how to become better poker players. I believe there is an evolutionary process that most poker players go through on thier way to becoming a good player. There are many people who post here that need to learn to crawl before they can walk. My concern was that this post may be misconstrued.

I really struggled with wether or not I should post my opinion because I have niether the experience or knowledge that you have of the game, but I thought it was important that I express my concern.

All that is required is to look at the amount of dialog this thread generated to realize what a great post this really was. I am sure I am not alone when I say I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into teaching us newbies how to play better poker.

Thanks, TheRake