Quote Originally Posted by Jager
I have been seeing alot of people talking about this, but not much explanation.

Could someone please help me with this?

Thanks
http://www.parttimepoker.com/poker-s...mit-3gears.htm

This link explains how to play 3 different styles, therefore 3 different gears.

I generally play TAG with a more Tight-Passive approach to very loose and aggressive games. Usually this happens when there are 2 or more players that are maniacs at the table. Then I will nutcamp and use the rope-a-dope to take there chips.

However, in this article the author says "It's different than just adapting to a situation with a specific strategy - it's more of an actual mind set switch that ends up with you playing a style that renders you unrecognizable to someone who had been watching your play earlier in the session."

I doesn't seem like at $25 you need to shift gears that often, maybe not at all, but it would be a good place to learn. The problem I see is there are only so many ways to play vs loose fishy players and maniacs. I feel it is the good players that you want to confuse, the ones that probably are paying attention, at least a little.

In HOH1, Dan explains tight-passive, TAG, and Superaggressive.
It's the Superaggressive one that is hardest to learn, but I do notice after playing tight-passive for a while, even the loose fish fold to my raises along with the LAG's. This would most likely be a good place for me to change gears since obviously my table image is defined. Players are thinking, "If this guy bets he has something and I will fold". But you still have to play smart.

So to sum this up for switching gears, you need to play different hands in different positions then normal, you raising range should change, re-raising range should change. Also your range for calling raises should change. But you still need to play the players and play good on the flop. You might try more bluffs and semi-bluffs as well.

Changing gears is a part of the game I need to work on personally.

There seems there is always something to work on when playing NL.