playing loose in limit hold'em?

[ThaMaster]

Bein Selective Aggressive is the way to go dont play more than 35% of your hands

[BenA]

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Bein Selective Aggressive is the way to go dont play more than 35% of your hands

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35%???? Good God. I hope you are talking about short-handed, in which case you'd be correct. But 25% is even way too loose for ring games. Have you even thought about the hands you'd have to play for 35%? That includes stuff like 86o. If you don't believe me, you need to look at your PT stats. If they are 35%, you are playing a lot of -EV stuff. If its less, then why tell another poster that? And if you don't have PT, where are you getting your numbers from?

I certainly don't think that the 15% rule presented by Malmuth is immutable, and I think even 20% can still be 'tight,' but more than that gets dangerously close to money-losing. You'd have to start limping with KTo, and then you'll lose. I suggest following SSH pretty closely until you understand the values of hands. If you have PT and your stats say 15/9/2.4, then you are really doing okay. When you are an expert, it might look like 19/13/3.5, but that's a long way off for most people, including me.