great first post. welcome to ftr. We'll have you smoking your buddies in no time.

Generally i advise a rather tight/agressive, predictable style of play where you grind out small wins over a long period. However, I'm generally talking to people who want to play many tables at the same time, online.

For you I have more questions than suggestions at this point.

What stakes do you play?
How often do you play?
How long do you play when you do play?
How many players?
Do you just play TX Holdem or do you play a selection of games?
What is the general knowledge of the people you play against? Do any of them play outside your normal game? Do any of them play online?
How agressive are they when they have a had or are bluffing?
do you play limit or no limit?

The reason I ask all this is because ifyou're going to only play this game and are going to play the same people over and over then you need to tailor your game to beating them. It doesn't matter if your game is perfect for by-the-book play, it may not win THERE when you only play 100 hands per week or even per month.

Statistics don't lie, and standard play is good (what I call standard play is what you read in books). However, standard play is based on thousands and tens of thousands of hands. Online multi-table players do 15k to 30k hands per month and standard play works for them. But ifyou play 20 hands per hour 4 hours per week, then you're not playing statistical poker. So you're going ot have to

Play The Player.

So, start laying out the players for us, and give us your observations of how your game plays.