They do loosen up when you hammer them. Just had a short game. Bought in at $10. Typical super passive table. Lost $2 on bluffs to set the standards, but ran into real hands. Np. Then I got some good hands, went up to $15. Then a few of them went berserk, I ended up in a 3-way all-in with my QQ vs AQ and A7. That's 71% to take the $25 pot there! Bad ending though, the A fell on the flop. Damn, down to $5. Then another 3-way all-in, My AQ vs KQ and 44. No A on Q came, struck out. But, especially the first one, that was mainly negative variance.

I went from $8 to $15 without a single showdown. The table really went crazy then, lol, was my fourth 50cent raise in a row. This is in fact how I made that $70 in one day, yesterday. Hammered them until they just HAD to show me down. Only difference is then generally I won like the odds suggested.. I'd play some more now, but I really got to go.. gonna have some fun with this later.

But it's very important to find a good balance here.