Tightness of 1/2

gmandan · #1 07-12-2005, 07:59 PM

Is it ever worth donking a hand to "loosen" your table image to induce more calling on later hands?

shadow29 · #2 07-12-2005, 08:06 PM

No.

Aaron W. · #3 07-12-2005, 08:29 PM

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Is it ever worth donking a hand to "loosen" your table image to induce more calling on later hands?

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If you're donking away with a 16 VPIP, you should loosen up your game for other reasons. This play on its own is pretty worthless.

toss · #4 07-12-2005, 08:38 PM

1/2 is only tight had certain times. If you think its gets any better at the higher levels...

DCWildcat · #5 07-12-2005, 09:39 PM

no

Paxosmotic · #6 07-12-2005, 09:41 PM

No one's paying attention to what you're doing anyway. Your table image is whatever graphic Party assigns to your character. That's as much as the other users will pick up on you.

Hojglad · #7 07-13-2005, 07:04 AM

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No one's paying attention to what you're doing anyway. Your table image is whatever graphic Party assigns to your character. That's as much as the other users will pick up on you.

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pryor15 · #8 07-13-2005, 05:21 AM

only if you feel like giving away money.

silkyslim · #9 07-13-2005, 05:22 AM

come to my table and donk it up, I will take note.

ajrenni · #10 07-13-2005, 08:05 AM

The thing you have to remember is that your opponents who are playing weak-tight are making mistakes by doing so. They are passing up profitable situations pre-flop and are folding post-flop when they should be calling or raising. Instead of trying to get them to loosen up and play more correctly, you need to exploit the mistakes they are already making. You do this by increasing your aggression, not by loosening up. To build off Aaron W's comment, you should be stealing more blinds, raising when you are in middle-late position against 1 limper when you have a good heads-up hand, and semi-bluffing more post-flop. Conversely, you should refrain from value betting on the river with marginal hands, since your opponents are less likely to call you down with hands you beat. These adjustments will encourage your opponents to keep on folding and giving you pots, which will make you more money in the long run than the extra action you might get on your aces after getting caught donking. They will also discourage bluffing by your opponents, giving you better reads.