Ok I wanna thank everyone for commenting on some of the questions ive asked. I went out to eat this morning after reading the first two post, and quite honestly I felt like I had been winning Texas Hold Em in the complete opposite of how most successful players play. It was really confusing and kinda scarey. Why was it scarey? Imagine playin basketball for college and thinking your doin everything right with the exception that you might have to gain some body mass in order to make it pro. Only catch is before you can get drafted, someone tells you youre actually shooting the basketball all wrong. Look, one of the many reasons I wanted to know some of these questions is to improve my game so that I can move up successfully into higher stake tables. I started out with $100 bux and now play $1-$2nl 9 player ring games sitting down with maximum $200 at each table, and been building a roll to one day hopefully sit at a $5-$10nl table. However I dont want to sit down at a $5-$10nl until i have atleast $7k in my roll. Im sure that figure is also foreign to a bunch of you. Most would say your crazy to sit down at a table with less then 15 times the max sit. I would sit down with only 7 times the max sit. Maybe I can have less a roll due to the fact that im tight-passive.


As far as the statement someone said about how if I only raise with AA,KK,and QQ, that good players would simply pick up on this and not give me any action. Im sorry if it seemed like I meant I only raise with these hands.There are some exceptions. However if I dont get any action, thats fine, and it doesnt frustrate me. Im fine taking down the blinds and calls that anyone in early position has posted by simply raising with this hand. Its better then losing money with these hands. I think some of the difference between passive and aggressive players when they make a raise is when a passive player like me makes a raise, I MAKE A RAISE TO NOT NECCASSARILY RECEIVE ACTION, BUT TO REPRESENT A STRONG HAND, that if one decides to play againt me in, is goin to cost them a bit of money. I dont base most of my profits on good players, I sit and wait for bad players to make bad decisions at wrong times and then I go to work on them. I do change it up depending on my position and strength of hand and what type of opponent im up agaisnt. Im sorry if it seemed like I meant I only raise with these hands.Theres are some exceptions. I guess what im tryin to say is, I dont make most my money making aggressive preflop raises with strong hands, I make most my money off of bad players who are overly aggressive with strong hands that I make a good read on while executing there flaws, wether it be flopping a set to there aces while there only realizing they have top pair and not making a read on me failing to recognize I have a set, or something as simple as giving me pot odds to outdraw them on and end up making them pay me off huge on the river. Alot of bad aggressive players make the mistake of playin too aggressive with weak hands and as soon as they make a strong hand, they end up slowplaying it...you would be suprised.....

One more thing before I go, I know its probably hard for some of you too believe that I place in around rouglhy 75% of multi table tournaments im in since im a tight passive player. But I really have no reason to over exagerate. let me add that I do play more aggressive towards the later stages of the tournament due to the fact that I have gained a great rock solid table image.

For the guy that asked what limit multi table tournaments I play in, I play in many, but mostly a $10 dollar rebuy for the first hour usually 800-100 entrants with generally 99 payouts usually placing around 50th.

Also someone mentioned that hes sure I hardly ever make final table due to the fact that im a tight passive player. I will say that this is true. Like I say I usually place in this tournament 75% of time but have only made final table twice.....

Which is why I wasnt sure if I maybe changed my style I could make final table more often.....Once again thanks for everyone's comments