Quote Originally Posted by Ripptyde
thats nonsense

if you want to see a winning cash game player...watch Michael1123 or a guy who plays in the 10/20 rooms on Stars 'HOLLINGGOL'

these guys play aggressive position poker with rags and win big money

Ive watched Michael play in the ring on Stars and he plays at LEAST 40% of his starting hands

campers die in the ring and get cracked more often than not when they do catch a good starting hand...either that or just take down a small pot after they catch the hand they waited for for 3 orbits

take my word for it.....loosening up with your starting hands playing them in position is the only way to play successful cash game poker

nothing like raising pre flop with 5/7os and getting reraised...calling the reraise and flopping K/6/9....checking....calling the flop bet by Mister King and hitting a 8 on the turn...its pure poetry and takes down a HUGE pot

waiting for A/K...raising and catching a King on the flop is going to yield only a small pot ..if that. You have to look for backdoor hands in order to take down large pots in the ring....plain and simple....and I think Michael would agree with me on this one
Fast play requires great skill. It's much easier for a new player to learn how to become a good tight aggressive than to play the way you suggest. I think that you should thoroughly learn how to be a successful carbon-copy sklansky tag before you try to play like Michael. I seem to remember that Michael use to be very rockish.

I would wager that you could make more money at the 25nl tables playing 4-8 tables tag then trying to play them fast. To play the way you suggest you would need good knowlege of the players around you plus greater concentration. I think you would need to play less tables and you would make less money.