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Message: [QUOTE="Allsopp, post: 426349, member: 10295"] The fact is, only good players can make long term profits in cash games because in cash games you need to have that sixth sense reading ability, be able to mix up your play so much more and more importantly be able to avoid trouble. In truth, in cash games you cant make a decent amount of money by just sitting back and playing premium hands. Anyone who says that you can - is a liar. Because when you get a badbeat at cash games, it hurts your bankroll so much more than losing a tournament buy in. By playing the premium hand strategy you can consistently place in SnG's but nothing major and by using the same strategy in MTT's along with blind stealing you can probably place in them every now and again but most of the time get knocked out on the bubble. If anyone can prove me wrong by showing their profit and loss account details from a site i'd really love to see it. By playing tight you cannot make big profits. You may be able to withdraw the odd $100 every other month but to me that is not successful poker. Successful poker is when you can sit down and dominate a table in practically every session that you play and make a good amount of money doing it. Poker is not a game of cards its a game of people and position - Doyle Brunson said that and there was never a truer word spoken. In order to win long term you need to mix your play up and change gears so often that not even you know what you might do next. You cant be a robot using "tight aggressive" strategies at the poker table. It wont get you anywhere. If your happy to settle for a boring robotic experience at the computer waiting for that premium hand to come then congratulations. But as an experienced Semi Professional player I will say this to you before you think of gradually throwing away your winnings to the rest of the online poker community. When you play the "tight aggressive" strategy it will not work because of these key reasons. 1. When you win with premium hands you dont win that much because people are either going to fold due to your aggressiveness or dish out a badbeat. People wont call big aggressive bets with nothing. I dont care what you say about fish playing online poker, it doesn't happen. And everytime their Ace rag hits 2 pair and beats your Ace King its going to kill you and your bankroll. 2. When you get beat with premium hands you get beaten badly. You will always lose more with premium hands than what you win with them. Because your aggressive style will scare people off paying you off. You can generally only get paid off with premium hands if you are perceived as a "loose aggressive player" 3. Premium hands just dont come often enough. How long have you been sat at a table waiting for a decent hand only for an hour to pass and the blinds and pot stealers have completely obliterated your stack? Tight aggressive poker is poker for stupid people or inexperienced players that aren't intelligent or experienced enough to understand the complexity of such a game as poker. Dont want to sound like I am preaching but in truth I am just trying to save tight aggressive players some money. Robotic poker wont work at any level long term. Espiecially in Cash Games! [/QUOTE]

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