Quote Originally Posted by pocketfours
Quote Originally Posted by Lukie
By that I just mean generally being more aggressive, raising more hands pre, 3-betting more pre, raising people's flop bets without fear, 2 barreling more, etc. As long as I avoid major spewage, I think I'm generally very tough to deal with, particularly if I have position on you.
This is funny, because I have constantly needed to gear down my game from overly aggressive (and spewy) to more solid. By that I mean 3-betting less pre, trying to stop 3-barreling without a really good read and a good river card, not raising cbets with complete air etc...
Like many other things in poker, a lot of it has to do with playing ideally in the context of your own game. To try to clarify, when I first started playing 'seriously', I was always super tight/nitty, so naturally opening up my game, raising more, firing multiple barrels more, whatever, helped me a lot. I've also played the vast majority of my hands on stars (a notoriously nitty site), so it's possible that it helps even more playing there.