playing weak-tight against certain players a good thing?

[LimpinAintEZ]

So I just finished my bonus at HoldemPoker.com and I realized that my overall strategy changed pretty drastically from playing a normal LAG game - I played 5 table full ring 25/25 PL hold em and the first 1/2 of the bonus period I tried (with little success) to pull some floating moves and some river bluffs and some semi bluffs on the players there...After losing a lot of pots where I would get called with the absolute weakest of hands, I pretty much played a much tighter straightforward game - Maybe its the fact I was playing full ring there, vs. my normal 6 max - But I can't tell you how many times I would get a big hand and raise 6-8X BB and get 5-6 callers...I hated to say it but i started playing weak/tight poker for the last several thousand hands there - I had players calling me with all sorts of crap and I think I got a little gunshy - I don't want to list a ton of examples but basically I started limping a lot more hands and then would bet when I hit hands - Normally I would be raising the hands I was limping with or at least raising them at times to mix things up, but it dawned on me that it didn't matter how I played most of the time because 4,7s was calling me down, A,8 would call $3 preflop raises...It probably didn't help that I ran really cold - the last week of play there I won about $130 on top of my $100 bonus, but if i'd had any good luck or even a few things go my way I am sure I would have easily won another 1-200 easily -

which leads me to this thinking - In full ring games, against really bad opponents (i really can't remember players this bad at any site i've played) is it better just to play weak/tight more often? I still raise the premiums of course, but i started limping a lot of hands which is unlike my normal game - I also got out of the way with TPBK hands if I was up against more than 2 opponents a lot of times - I dropped a couple sets on possible straight boards when 7 people were still in the hand AFTER i check raised them all -

or do you just take your strategy and stick with it? do any of you get weak/passive when your on a seemingly endless bad run of cards? I remember myself getting seemingly more aggressive when i would go through those times, but that seemed worse overall cause it just resulted in more tilt - Or maybe full ring just requires stronger hands period - and don't limp with things like QJo or K10 kinda hands and just fold them in MP - I still ended up with the bonus and another $150 in winnings, but I just didn't feel like I played my best...but when i made moves or c-bet flops with AK they were calling me with bottom pairs....just a little frustrating....

[The Izebox]

Depends on how bad your opponents are. If I sit at a table where there are a bunch of garbage calling stations, then i will tighten up. That doesnt mean im not raising when i do play, it means im not trying ot steal the blinds with junk, im not putting c-bets out with no outers, and im limping more often with drawing hands, hoping ot hit a decent flop. For the most part, im still raising when i play, with low pocket pairs i want a big pot so that i can play for stacks if i do trip up, with unpaired high cards im trying to thin the field. But im still playing tight, smart poker. If they are going to call you king high , then why c-bet? If they are playing any two from the blinds, why steal with jack 4 suited?

That being said, you cant stoop down to the level of your opponents. Being non thinking players, you shouldnt be trying to outplay players like this. But that is still no excuse to play badly. Tighten up your preflop range. Bet youre hands hard when you do hit, and watch your stack grow.