Table image at a loose/passive table. Advice requested.

[Plaxus]

Hi All,
I was playing at Online recently at a .50/1 table and just got clobbered by the deck. I was getting many high pocket pairs and many suited Aces. I was in for about 50% of the flops, and I was winning 70% of the hands in which I saw the flop. Even the hands I was folding preflop were generally better than average (A5 unsuited, K9, etc)

Needless to say, I was winning more than my share of the pots, and given the loose nature of these games, the pots were rather large.... at first....

My "Problem": I was raising a lot preflop. Close to 35% of all hands played were being raised by my legit raising hands... After a while, the players stopped playing loose and tightened up... I was still getting the cards, but when I raised, I wasn't getting the callers. I was afraid of breaking up the table, so I started getting reluctant to raise in an attempt to see if the action picked up again.

Any advice on this? Should I keep to my regular gameplan? Or was I right to tune things down a little? What do you do when you run over a table? I can't say it's a problem I really mind too much. I generally hold my own and make a decent profit at this level, but when you're on a major roll, what do you do?.. there are worse problems to have, I suppose.. [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Plaxus

[ECondreras]

Personally, I would have kept the heat on, even when I had a marginal hand. If they were going to play so tight that you could steal the pot, then good for you. If you got caught in a bluff, then hopefully it would loosen up the table. Just my two cents.

[rigoletto]

if you have other agressors and a loose lineup, you could limp-reraise with a variety of hands.

When they tighten up you can start raising unlegit hands!

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Basically, image in a loose passive game is not normally that important.

however, if everyone is now chickening out because you're "hot," then start playing and raising with MORE hands, and start bluffing more, since they are so certain you have a monster every time you're in the pot.

al

[Louie Landale]

They didn't lose interest and tighten up because you were raising a lot, it was because you were winning a lot. I'd bet they still folded more often after you called then after you folded.

Anyway, it would probably help if you showed them a weak hand played assertively every now and then.

- Louie