Stop the weak-tight madness.

[Preytar]

I fully expect to get flamed for this post, but I think it is necessary.


I lurk this board a lot, and have done so for a long time. I try to read most of the posted hands, and I make the occasional reply. This board has helped me play better poker, and I owe many of you a huge amount of thanks.
That being said, what the hell is wrong with some of you? How are you people winning money with this weak tight advice that I see in just about every thread? "Limp big suited broadways from MP with one limper". "Fold a suited Ace in the CO with 3 limpers because we might be dominated". What the hell are you thinking? Why are you telling others to play this way?


I'm afraid the majority of the new players think they are much better than they really are. Therefore, they feel they can overcome the "slight" loss in equity they give up by limping by allowing more players to see a flop cheaply. "I don't want to put another bet into the pot with these two big, suited, connected cards because the flop might miss me". What they don't seem to grasp is that by not raising they are giving away a tremendous advantage and allowing drawing hands that have no business in their pot to get the right odds to take one off and beat them.


Here is one from Ed Miller that you should be passing along: "Save pots not bets". Put in an additional bet/raise to win the pot. Don't fold on the river for one bet even though you might not have the best hand when the pot is large. It only takes a few correct calls to make up for the few bets that you lose when you are wrong.


The majority of the players at this level are not sharp enough to comprehend the playing style outlined in SSH. Use that to your advantage and attack the LAGs and TPP's in your games.


I play poker for a lot of reasons, but mostly to make money. You make substantially more money by playing an attacking style of poker at these limits. Go do it...now, and stop the weak tight crap advice.

I might be off base to write this type of rant, but the players on this board should know better. I'm writing this to remind players that a lot of peole read your replys, and take them to heart. I realize the best way to get better is to reply to posts without reading the other replies first, but if you are unsure of the quality of your reply let the reader know that. Put "grunch" at the top of your post or identify your response as speculative.



There are many good posters in this forum. If you want to get better at this game, read posts from players like Mr. Wookie, Eeegah, VoraciousReader, Gregatron, jaxUp, and Shillx. Compare their advice to yours, and improve.


Brian