I don't have a hand history, or anything like that, but I'd like general comments to a problem I faced tonight.

Background: I am generally experienced in tournament play. Because I am busy, I don't get to play a huge amount, and when I do, I like tournaments or Sit & Go's because generally the hands go faster, and it's just my preference. I've been doing better in them recently, finishing 13th in a freeroll with 500+ the other night, and finishing in the money pretty frequently.

Anyway, tonight I decided to try a 0.05/0.10 ring game (NL) on Bet on USA. For one, it was a LOT looser than tournaments. You'd commonly get 5-6 callers pre-flop. There were some raises pre-flop, but maybe only 3 of every 10 hands or so.

Anyway, because the game was loose, I tried to be tight and it didn't work very well. I played about an hour, and got very few premium hands. I did have some connectors (out of position), and A-low card hands but I let them go, because almost everything I have read says not to play them. I also let go 99 when there was a 50 cent raise to my right. I am not sure if that was a good call. Opinions?

The problem is, if I ONLY play premium hands like AA, KK, QQ, AK, and limping for small pairs and the occasional suited connector, I am not going to be playing many hands. In an hour, I probably played maybe 6-7 hands, which is at most 10%.

I've heard a lot of people say that you should play 18-25% of hands. How can you possibly do this, without playing terrible hands?

Also, the people were generally calling stations. Bets 3x or 4x the big blind were often called by people chasing flush draws, or people with 2nd top pair!

There were a few times I was tempted to show people down, but I also don't like taking reckless risks, when they could have a dangerous hand.

What's the best way to tackle this situation? I guess these players would be referred to as "fish." So how does one beat a game like this?