Quote Originally Posted by ilikeaces86
Common newbie mistake.... Contrary to popular belief you want to play against tight players.
An even bigger mistake, especially in LHE. The fish are what pay you off, the tight players will just give you the blinds.

Both types of games can be profitable, but its how you play the game that determines the profitability. You need to adjust to a much more aggressive game to take advantage of the weak-tighties but your game needs to be less aggressive when playing against loose-passives. You make more value bets in the loose games and make more pot steals against the tighties.

Saying one is better than the other is TOO general. You want fish in the pot to build it so if you win a pot you'll win a big one. The tighties will give you lots of small pots.

Its the semi-tight passives that you can't get to fold are annoying.