Re: Tight and aggressive preflop is not enough
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A problem I have run into with this playing style [raising light] is that after the first time I am called by a pair of 5s and everyone sees I have been betting with K- or A-high on every street, this kind of flop and turn aggression loses its teeth. I raise PF with KJs, and hit a flop of T63, the guy with A6o check-calls the flop and turn, the river checks through, and now I'm the guy who bet with king-high the whole hand. No more taking pots down on the turn.
What do you do in this situation -- change tables?
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You stop getting aggressive with marginal holdings out of position. Loose aggressive players out of position get killed in poker.
Really, there's not much else that's a problem. Stop making stupid semibluffs (especially on the turn) that have no hope of working, and start checking when you don't have a hand.
You can start checkraising more often to protect yourself in these situations.
Your opponents are still playing badly, but the way you can take advantage of it is when you have top pair. You're going to get paid off all the way. This is huge at small stakes because your decent holdings just got very profitable and very easy to play.
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