ideal playing style

[Rode_Dog]

Tight Agressive is ideal when playing against loose tables, especially loose passive. It is not an ideal style in all circumstances.That said, loose agressive or semi-loose agressive if often the ideal style against many tight passive or even tight agressive players. Another factor is the size of the blinds or antes compared to the average stack size. The greater the size of the blind, the looser one should play.

IMO, passive play is not +EV anytime.

If you can turn it on and off, playing like a maniac can be very profitable. The idea is that when the players start playing back to your X-LA style, you switch gears and tighten up. If you are good, can can clean a room out this way. Few low stakes players (my self included) have the skill and discipline to do this well.