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Originally Posted by DaNutsInYoEye

Originally Posted by aokrongly

20 min in here's a great example:

I figured I had tptk the whole time here. Had I bet it, I would have paid dearly. Counter-play made it cost me, 3BB with tptk against a flopped set.

The advantage of passive play is pot control. You tend not to lose much on your losers. You also tend not to win much on your winners. The only way you're going to win money by playing passively is by having a hand. You're also going to get drawn out very frequently. Aggressive play allows you to win both when you do and do not have a hand.

If you want to languish at micro stakes for eternity then play passively. If you have an desire to move up in stakes and make decent money then you're going to have to incoporate aggression into your game.

As much as nuts and I love to poke fun of each others' posts, I can't stress how right he is, THIS TIME.