In low stakes games, much of the time when we play Ax , whether suited or not, we are (perhaps unknowingly) planning to make the game harder for ourselves than necessary. It's not simply a matter of how often we'll hit TP. What's far more important is how often it will be good vs. the different ranges that different opponents have. Until you develop a decent feel for evaluating opponents and their ranges, you're generally better off to lean towards playing tighter which leads to having to make fewer difficult decisions.