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Strategy: Fixed-Limit

About loose and tight play

by 6Wishmaster6

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Introduction

In this Article

Tight is right
Bluffs only make sense if opponents can fold
Slowplay is rubbish

In poker there are different roads to success. Depending on your experience and knowledge you can win in many ways.

In general there are two different playing styles:

loose play
tight play

This article will explain the meaning of these strategies and reveal the advantage of tight play.

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Comments (7)

#1 mouse89, 06 Oct 08 14:22

#2 gheecko, 08 Jan 09 23:36

nice

#3 Larben, 12 Jan 09 18:52

excellent article - thy

#4 Razvan888, 17 May 09 14:27

great job

#5 Razvan888, 17 May 09 14:28

great job

#6 krumvirek, 15 Aug 10 20:37

thanx

#7 Destecado, 15 Nov 10 12:16

Thx for the lesson!
A small typo:

"In comparison to loose players, tight players will seldomly fold, which makes a semi-bluff unprofitable."

Shud be loose players seldom fold.

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Article Contents

Introduction
What does loose or tight actually mean?
So what are TAGs and LAGs?
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