i appreciate all the thoughts/advice.

these are my thoughts and responses:

- this is only an experiment. not a wholesale change. NO WAY lag dominates lower levels because of all the passivity. they just call you down too much. this is more an experiment to force me to open my game, once a week, and learn to "pick spots" better with nothing by playing the player, and pouncing on weakness, not necessarily my cards. of course, i look to play weak 2 pair hands, get underneath somebodys range and hit a flop, and learn when to steal, and when not to with a wide mix of hands from air, baby connectors, to AA.

- i also expect to learn/watch for the table switching gears on me. picking up those signals is absolutely imperative, imo.

- it does help alleviate previous frustration, but to be done correctly, there is still a large amount of discipline in a LAG strategy. you cant just play 83o like AA everytime you get it. its a lesson in "selective aggression independent of specific holdings."

- as far as "labels," i only use LAG and TAG because thats what all of us understand when its said. it should go w/o saying that playing only LAG or only TAG will get too predictable. you need to be able to flip flop. not really flip flop, but "interweave" those two together. thats the aim, but first you need to learn the two separately, imo, before you start weaving the styles together.

- i, when attempting LAG, am looking for a completely different table structure, which is so much fun i cant describe it. i AM looking for rocks. i AM looking for the TAGs. these are the opponents i want at table, if i want to run over it with as little resistance as possible. i want chronic folders. i want people to get so damned frustrated they leave, or play back at me for the sake of doing so...thats when i win. i look for tight table %'s specifically. i'm not sure about avg. pot, but you cant go wrong with a table % in the low 30's from 10NL and below. thats about as tight as you will find.

i have more ramblings, and i'm sure i will come up with EVEN more over the next few weeks. we'll have to see how i develop as i give this a go.

again, the reason for 2NL is to start out. i will move up soon enough through 5NL and 10NL. i drop way down as a test for the style, and if i lose a gajillion BI's adjusting, it wont put a dent in the br. i'll move up as i get more confident in my risk for ruin.

some hands to follow...