Here's a noob question: how well should I be doing against the regs in my poker room that play at my level? I've played about 40k hands at NL10 and just moved my fat br up to NL25. At NL10, I felt like I was at least as good as every player I sat down at a table with.

At NL25, there are a few regs that really give me fits. I just HATE getting involved in hands with them. They outplay me preflop, postflop -- it just sucks. But, I can still win overall if only one of them is at my 6-max table.

I know about table selection, and it is righteous, but how do you get better without facing off against someone reasonably good? And at higher limits, won't I have to deal with some good players at my table? How many?

If I get enough HH's against someone, I can work with PT to develop some exploitive strategy to attack him with. Which brings up another question: is every style of play exploitable, if you know their tendencies and they don't vary their play?

I guess I'm asking how often at low levels I should be playing against a player I know is better than I am or whose style gives my style major headaches. In 6-max at NL100 or NL200, don't you have quality players at nearly every table? Eventually, I will have to be +EV with the regs, right? So how should I tailor my game and learning now to be able to cope when I move up?

Attack the regs? Or avoid them?