LAG or Nit without reads?

[Ash256]

Firstly, I want to get a couple of ground rules straight before I go into the point of this thread.

1. The basic strategy behind being a nit is that you get a mathematical advantage over the majority of players by having the best hand a mojority of the time.
2. The basic strategy behind LAG is that you take a small mathematical disadvantage by playing slightly worse cards than your opponents, but your hand reading ability, ability to put pressure on your opponents and psychological advantage of seeming to play most hands makes up for that.

The thing is, what if you want to purely make money from poker (This post is a reference to middle stakes - 50NL to 200NL)? LAG can rip a table apart and give you a huge winrate, but in my opinion, LAG requires fairly strong reads, and I don't feel that you're able to read a player's hand and adjust your play accordingly when you've got a few stats over 30 hands. This means that you can't play many tables, 3-4 at most. Whereas, if you're being a total nit, a HUD is enough for reads due to your mathematical advantage, and 12+ tables is possible.

1. Which would you think makes the most money?
2. Can any multitabling LAGs give me some insight into their game and tell all how the hell you're meant to read your opponent's hand given a few stats?
3. Who do you think gets the higher BB/100? Someone who plays LAG over 10 tables or someone who plays like a nit over 10 tables? (Assume equal poker ability)

If you want me to clarify anything or correct me, go for it..

[The Izebox]

I play pretty TAGish poker, 20/11, and i have a solid winrate of a little over 4bb/100. I think you can make the most money by playing tag on 8-12 tables rather than really focusing on fewer tables. So in my biased opnion I would say play around 20/10 poker and youre going to be making some money. As for your question on what is an acceptable winrate, heres some food for thought...if you have a bb/100 winrate that exceeds 0.0, you are better than half the players out there. So any winning player is ablive average. Anything better than that is gravy.