Quote Originally Posted by swiggidy
I was playing 50NL 6max pre UIGEA and I could run 16/14 and show the same winrate I did playing 30/25
I have tried 16/14 and 30/20 at 10nl, with a 6 ptBB/100 winrate for tight and about a 4 ptBB/100 win rate for the looser. The looser image occurred at a particular site that was incredibly loose-passive pre and amazingly weak-tight post - but it only lasted a month. "Opening up" can cost you $$ if you don't know what you're doing.

And there's this thing in poker called rake, which (being a tax on winning hands) means players should try to win medium to big pots. Giving lots of action in raked games is a good way to win lots of small pots which don't amount to much after rake and the inevitable losses we sustain when playing mediocre hands.

The whole online game is set up (if you study the game theory behind it) to reward tightness, and since most folks (me included) like to play instead of fold, it makes playing tight enough to win big a skill very few will master.