Basic Theory - Raising preflop

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Quark said:
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but in general I have found many of these players to be much better hand readers and better post-flop players than many 2p2ers at these stakes

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I find this to have some truth. Those LPPs become better hand readers because they play a lot of marginal hands and put themselves in marginal spots. Certainly not advocating a loose-passive game, but I notice this as well.