Quote Originally Posted by Miffed22001
my post states that laggs should be able to extract a higher bb/100 (as useless a stat as that is)
what im asking you is
1. Why? (even, is that the truth)
2. How?
You are still asking a general question. I think you could get a higher BB/100 with a LAG style if you where playing against opponents who were all playing an abc, slightly aware TAG style. In other words, if you were playing against sethunters. I dont think LAG would get you the highest BB/100playing at a table full of calling stations. Try it though. Give 5k hands a go at the paradise 2NL game. Really LAG it up and see what happens. I personally think you will get yourself into too many situations where you dont know where the hell you are, but test it out.

Against nutcampers, LAG works well because you pick up all the pots where none of you hit. You pick up alot of small pots to balence your blinds, but the way you do it makes your semi-aware opponent devalue your range (see rondavus range odds post). Thats all fine. The problem is they devalue your range too much, and dont realise it is a situational range that doesnt apply when they are actually fighting back so they end up going to war with A high. I think its these big pots where people decide to take a stand that make up for a big chunk of your profit. Against good players it also helps that they cant tell the difference between your drawsx and your made hands if you semibluff alot, so they may fold the best hand to your draw, but call/reraise with a pair when you have a set. They are also more likely to call bets when you hit your draw than if you just check/called.
But for all of this to have any effect you need to be against at least semi-aware opponents. If you are against opponents who will always call with middle pair+ and always fold when 3 to a flush come down then there is no point mixing it up like this. You are foolish to bet a draw, against a calling station but you are also foolish to not bet TPGK all the way to the river (for moderate sized bets).