Quote Originally Posted by Renton
You would be surprised how well you can do when you are perceived as a solid player, as opposed to a donk. Intimidation goes a long way. Whenever I am the biggest stack at a table, my stack continues to grow, typically. People don't wanna play in a pot with you, so you steal like crazy. When people do play in a pot with you, its easy to misdirect them into believing they have a hand that beats you. I have stacked a lot of good 100nl players by using my tight image to catch them off guard with a hand that they wouldn't think I have since I play so tight. I make it a point to play with a drawing hand in position against such players, because i know if I hit my hand, I am gonna catchem off guard with it and take down a massive pot.

Think about it. You raise T8s on the CO and get a call from a supertight player in the BB. You automatically put him on QQ-AA and think he's trying to trap you. Flop comes 882 rainbow. He checks to you and you open push.

Who gets paid off with their trip 8's more here? Someone with a solid tagg image, or someone with a donk "any two cards" image.
Yes there are many different strategies possible in poker. One successful strategy (yours) shouldn't necessarily other strategies are wrong.