[elmitchbo]

have you read HOH? if you haven't it will help.

in my daily pursuit of LAG mastery i play all those hands you mentioned, but it's not as simple as playing more hands.

you won't be able to build your stack playing just top ten hands, for the simple reason that they just don't come along frequently enough. try to add in the big suited connectors, other big broadway cards, and some suited aces. then you can add in the smaller suited connectors and the smallest pocket pairs.

just be aware that the top ten hands are almost always playable. that's not the case with speculative type hands. the hands we're talking about here can have serious +EV but only under the right conditions. try to play them as cheaply as you can, and when the pot is already laying you some odds preflop. be aggressive if you flop a draw... bet out for half the pot if it's checked to you.

these type of speculative hands aren't as profitable short handed or when you have a medium size stack. in both of those situations the key is to be aggressive with big cards and pocket pairs.

finally, don't get short stacked! just don't let it happen. as your stack gets smaller you have to start swinging with anything. HOH explains this type of play in great detail.. so again, if you haven't read it, it will help.