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What I'm saying is that loose games offer better postflop implied odds, therefore some hands you might normally raise in a normal game, you limp instead because you'll get 6 callers. Might as well wait until you hit a flop before you start putting money in. You're not playing poker as much as hit the flop and get payed. Putting money in preflop becomes increasingly senseless since your made hands postflop will all have natural value.
Of course it's a post flop game Nord. Sometimes it becomes MORE of a postflop game however. As your fold equity diminishes (isolation, raising draws), your implied odds increase. Sometimes it becomes simply about betting when you have a great hand already made and watching 3 people pay you off.
Have you ever been in a game where no matter what you raise you get 5 callers? Do you think raising KQ is a smart move on a table like this? How about on a table full of rocks?
If you still don't understand what I'm saying let's get extreme with the hypothetical. Imagine you're at your grandmothers house playing poker against your family members on thanksgiving who know nothing about poker. You start raising good hands preflop and EVERYONE always calls. People are chasing cards like dogs after the flop. They're all passive as hell. Where has the value shifted? It's moving towards 5th street. It becomes more similar to Omaha/Hi, where you're just trying to create made hands. TPTK gets run down in a game like this. The more cards in play, the better your hand has to be. The biggest hand you'll ever get preflop is one pair.
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