Folding a lot at first

[rory]

I am experimenting with playing ultra tight my first couple orbits at a table-- only playing big aces and big pairs. Hands that are not even close to being on the edge of playability. An example would be A8 or 66 on the hijack gets dumped.

The reasoning behind this is twofold: 1) I need some data on how my opponents play before I can play more marginal situations correctly and marginal hands more often than not put me in marginal situations. I can get that data very cheaply if I just sit there and fold and watch. 2) I do not start out a session down very often. It bums me out to sit down, lose a couple hands in a row and am down ten bets before I have seen the blinds again. I am more likely to make wrong decisions against players I have no data on, and so am more likely to be down a bunch at the beginning of a session if I am in there with marginal hands.