TIGHT GAMES AND VERY TIGHT GAMES
Dominating Power Hands
For the most part, the dominating power hands are the key hands to focus on.
These hands should be played strongly in all condition of tight and very tight games.
The dominated power hands should be played judiciously in tight and very tight games.
Other conditions matter with these hands, however.
There is less danger with these hands at tight-passive or very tight-passive table than at
more aggressive tables.
This is because you are likely to be called with worse hands and not raised with better hands
if the game is passive.
If you do catch a flop like Q 
7 
3 
with a Q 10 and get raised by a tight-passive player after you bet the flop, you can often fold if the pot is not very large, knowing that you are certainly beaten.
In a very aggressive game, however, it would be more difficult to be sure that the laydown would be right because a very aggressive player is likely to be raising with something like A 3 .
Because of the likelihood of being confronted with that kind of tough decision in a very aggressive game, the dominated power hands should be avoided in a tight-very aggressive, very tight-aggressive, or very tight-very aggressive game.
Drawing Hands
Drawing hands don’t have much value in tight or very tight games.
Even in passive games, you won’t make much money when the hands are best, and you will lose a lot of money when the hands aren’t best. The odds just aren’t there.
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