Originally Posted by Manomanman

I know this is a fairly common problem. You're at an NL table, ring game, tournament, whatever, and you have like 6 opponents who you cannot put on a hand, because they will not raise, ever. (This is a horrible strategy, imho, they are just asking to eat large amounts of poo slowplaying all the time...but then sometimes it pays off if there's a river-maniac at the table.)

In short, you just can't put these stones on a hand. They could have anything from a boat, to rags (which they have most of the time, except the one time you bet). What's the best way to protect yourself from them? How can you read their hand?

The question is, do you tend to try and gain information from these players (raising, check raising), or is it simply better to go on outdrawing them and winning small river pots, and getting knocked around by the occassional river monster.

I'm aware that the prevailing advice is to leave tight ring games in favor of looser ones, but sometimes you just don't have that option.

Originally Posted by Humphrind

The general rule is, play loose in a tight game and tight in a loose game. This sound like the ideal situation to play tight in.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Popular myth.

Originally Posted by Toasty

It's not exactly a Myth, you need to tighten up in the aspect of certain hands go down in value "A9o" and other hands go up in value "A3s". The reason being that you need a bigger hand to win the pot at showdown.

Originally Posted by Toasty

I think playing tigher and looser will both be +EV because at the end of the day you are still playing bad players.

Originally Posted by Toasty

Also it is not always right to play loose in a tight game but super tight can be profitable, your hands will always be slightly better than theres . . .

Originally Posted by Humphrind

Loose games:
You are playing against a lot of people who will see a lot of flops and call a lot of bets. You bide your time. The chances that you will get a great hand are very slim, because more people will see the flop. But when you do get your great hand, you will be able to get away with raising big and getting callers. Your pots will be much bigger,and when you stay tight, you won't loose much money when you don't play.

Originally Posted by Humphrind

Tight games:
People here won't see as many flops. You won't have much action pre-flop so you can limp in with a lot of hands and try and catch flops. You can bluff people out more and steal blinds. The pots that you win will be smaller, but there should be a lot of them.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Depends on the type of tight player. TAg, will make you fold and pay off a lot of second best hands.