Is any one tight agressive and a long term winner?

[buddha01]

Ive played tight agressive and killed it, almost %1000 up on some nights but over the long term im a loser a big loser.

Id like to know is there any good players of texas holem no limit who are longer term and what the heck, short term winners, Im talking about people that dont go on tilt who are disiplined but also know how to change up and down gears. If thats you how much are you up, are you up 10k 100k have you made a million from poker. Do you use your gut at all or is it all mechanical to you. Do you play at home alone with 10 tables at the same time or do you hit the card club and play in person.

Basicly Id like for some body who is a real winnner at poker to just post here and tell us about yourself, how have you changed your game, we all have had rushes at the cards tell us have you had killer ones.

This should be a good thread.

[Woolygimp]

I play standard TAG at the party medium stakes 200 NL 1/2 full ring tables. I average about 7.5PTBB/100 over 50,000+ hands.

If you were a losing Tight/Aggressive, it's because your not playing Tight/Aggressive. Sounds like you were probaly making alot of mistakes.

Bad players win more than good players, they also lose a LOT more. It's standard variance, thats why so many people think they are great at poker.

Most people 4 table online.

Downswings/Upswings are always going to be a part of poker. Standard NL downswing is about 5 buy-ins.

Edit: There is no "gut" to winning poker. Theres no "I have a feeling I'm going to hit this draw or that draw."
And to answer your main question of course people make money playing poker over the long term.

[Mercman572]

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If you were a losing Tight/Aggressive, it's because your not playing Tight/Aggressive.

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I whole heartedly disagree. Playing TA is in no way a guarantee to long run success, at least in 6max. You may be able to profitably nut peddle full ring but it becomes difficult short handed. People stop paying you off when you are viewed as a rock. They call your standard PF raise and ditch less than 2 pair. You need to be able to play well post flop too.

[Woolygimp]

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If you were a losing Tight/Aggressive, it's because your not playing Tight/Aggressive.

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I whole heartedly disagree. Playing TA is in no way a guarantee to long run success, at least in 6max. You may be able to profitably nut peddle full ring but it becomes difficult short handed. People stop paying you off when you are viewed as a rock. They call your standard PF raise and ditch less than 2 pair. You need to be able to play well post flop too.

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Merc,

I play full ring and I agree you need to loosen up alot for 6 max. My style isn't exactly "nut peddling" as I'm very aggressive with multiple hands...but I wouldn't call myself "loose."

[Mercman572]

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Merc,

I play full ring and I agree you need to loosen up alot for 6 max. My style isn't exactly "nut peddling" as I'm very aggressive with multiple hands...but I wouldn't call myself "loose."

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Ahh, yes in smaller full ring games playing tight and having a decent idea of when to fold post flop, and extract when you hit should be enough to ensure some sort of long run winings.

[scrapperdog]

If you cant at least break even playing TAG you are no where near close enough to become a good LAG, lets not encourage this guy. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[4_2_it]

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If you were a losing Tight/Aggressive, it's because your not playing Tight/Aggressive.

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I whole heartedly disagree. Playing TA is in no way a guarantee to long run success, at least in 6max. You may be able to profitably nut peddle full ring but it becomes difficult short handed. People stop paying you off when you are viewed as a rock. They call your standard PF raise and ditch less than 2 pair. You need to be able to play well post flop too.

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True TAGs are not nut peddlers or rocks which are should be referred to as weak-tight players. TAGs have to play well post-flop because that's where they need to properly use their aggression.

[Mercman572]

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True TAGs are not nut peddlers or rocks which are should be referred to as weak-tight players. TAGs have to play well post-flop because that's where they need to properly use their aggression.

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touche! you and your damn semantics [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. But really you're saying the same thing, preflop tightness is not enough

[4_2_it]

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True TAGs are not nut peddlers or rocks which are should be referred to as weak-tight players. TAGs have to play well post-flop because that's where they need to properly use their aggression.

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touche! you and your damn semantics [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. But really you're saying the same thing, preflop tightness is not enough

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I knew what you meant [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img], but I know that plenty of people on this board think playing TAG is nut peddling and that's just wrong. TAG is generally recognized as the optimal style of play up to the highest levels. Being able to adapt to different styles and shift gears is necessary, but most pros still employ a TAG strategy as their baseline.

[ajmargarine]

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Edit: There is no "gut" to winning poker.

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Disagree. Poker intuition, "gut", is crucial in the area of handreading. Not sure if that's what you or the OP are talking about...but when I say 'my gut says I'm good here' I'm saying...

I can't adequately put it into words, but based upon my experience, my experience with Villian, the previous x number of orbits at this table and how things have been running, and that hand I played 2 weeks ago with villian, my 'gut' says make the all-in call because my hand is goot. Intuition = gut, IMO.

Advanced thought for a select few: Intuition is in man's spirit, the mind is part of the soul, hence there's a translation problem trying to put what you intuitively know into words.