Quote Originally Posted by kingnat
I've been trying the same type of strategy to get out of my less than optimal 15/8, or 20/10 type game and get more into a 16/13 or there abouts... Best of luck.
oh man, can i feel your pain. but, for me, going from 20/10 to 14/12 just bored the hell out of me. besides, the tighter you get, the less big pots you win (villains dont pay off the rock), and the MORE BLIND MONEY YOU PAY!!

i'm trying to get an article worded properly that will show how much you lose the tighter you play at 6max. i used to think that the spewdonkeys would overcome the blind money, but i dont think even they can. the blinds just come too quickly. god forbid someone leaves a fishy table and you have to play 15/12 4-handed. JESUS, that one sucks.

for TAGs like us, tighter is easier, but its not the answer. plain and simple. opening more tables, while killing boredom, simply increases the size of the "hole in the boat" when it comes to blinds.

i run 20/10 and beat the games for about 3-5, give or take. i rock it down to 15/12 or less, and i struggle to get above 2.5/100. all this is over small samples, and i dont feel i've had a sustained heater for 25k+ hands. but, all tightening up has done is turn me into a bigger nit...and make that "heater" more impossible to sustain. and that, clearly, is not the answer.

its time to learn LAG....as much as i dont want to. if i can read hands better, avoid marginally losing spots, but punish marginally winning spots, and open up appropriately from CO+, i consider that to be worth its weight in DUCKETS!!

i will prop bet a milkshake that my winrate goes to 5+ after figuring this out. its almost time for another "limit stint," too. but, thats another topic for another day...and one thing at a time.

sorry these are getting long, but its just chopper being chopper.