Quote Originally Posted by XxStacksxX
Concerning playing the player, I have a few assessments and am wondering if they are accurate.

Concerning playing againnst a loose player preflop (passive or aggressive), I understand that we will also loosen up our game in position to take advantage of their tendency to call/bet with weaker holdings. The one thing I'm wondering is preflop without a made hand. I understand that with a big PP (JJ+ish) we can successfully raise preflop for value. However, I always feel uncormfortable raising a very loose player preflop with hands such as AK,AQ even though I understand they are well ahead of villians range. My reasoning is fairly straight-forward. They are aggressive and could potentionally shove preflop, which I would feel even more uneasy calling (if that would even be correct), or I miss on the flop and have to give it up to their aggressiveness, or can't push them off their weak holding due to their calling tendencies.

I've read that with large unpaired hand such as AK against a loose opener we will profit more in the long run by flatting and seeing if we catch on the flop then playing accordingly valuebetting the hell out of them if we catch and getting out if we don't. I understand that against a loose limper we would tend to raise with our unpaired holdings as well as an isolation move instead of a value move. Is this the correct way to play against a loose opponent?
the short answer is u should tend to 3-bet with hands you are happy to get it all in pre with (usually QQ+ AK) and call with anything else that u feel is good enough to call. However, if u feel like u have a handle on their calling and 3-betting frequencies, it can be correct to 3-betfold with 99-JJ AQ type hands. Its very tough to pick up a definitive read that makes that so, however.