TAG v. LAG style of play in MSSH (Cross-Post from SSSH Forum)

[DrSavage]

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I don't play in these games yet so I have a question... do you guys typically see a 35/22 as a very different player from a 25/18 player? Do you play any differently against them? Do you think that other players play any differently against them?

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yes yes and yes

[kiddo]

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Sure you need to play differently against certain opponents but I assure you that in games with that table average where there are 4 50/20 players, one 20/15 guy and me, I will absolutely destroy the game playing 25/18.


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Hopefully u will play 20/15 against 1 of them and 37/22 against the others (more limping with speculative hands when bad players limp before u and more blinddefending) and save 25/18 against the good LAGs that are +30/+20.

Ifu only played at such great tables Im pretty sure u wouldnt be a 25/18 but much more loose. If u are in LP or defending blinds against a 50/20 who limps, there are a ton of playable hands. He is only limping with hands that u normally would think about folding in same position.

[tolbiny]

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Even when a TAG is present you don't play many hands against him.

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The primary benefit of preflop aggression is to exclude people from seeing the flop

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When i was playing an uber weak tight 25/16 and the 30/20 guys started showing up this was one of the first things I noticed. I kept having to fold "good" hands like QT that I would have liked to have played with a fish or two in the pot. The lag/tags of that era were just shoving me out of the way. In my adjestments i found myself playing 27/19, then 29/20 then 30/22.

[Dane S]

One nice benefit of the lagtag style is all the crappy tags try to copy you! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Megabear]

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and save 25/18 against the good LAGs that are +30/+20.


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really ? i found myself getting killed if I dont play back with fire here - loosing up. Am i off?