Re: playing tight in loose games and loose in tight games
In loose games, you're supposed to loosen up on your legitimate hands and tighten up on bluffs and semi-bluffs. Bet for value more, and bluff less. The real changes are in your purposes for betting.
In a tight game, you might raise a tight player's bet when you hold 76 on a flop of Q85 because you have the added chances of making him fold right there along with the chances of outdrawing him. You would never raise a loose player's bet in the same situation, because the loose player probably won't fold. Instead, you could be more confident raising a loose player with a hand like AT on a flop of A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] because you're opponent is more likely to call you with a draw, a smaller pair, or a weaker ace. You know he'll call as an underdog, so bet when you have the advantage.
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