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Don't Be A Timmy!

Avoiding Weak Tight Play

Timmy has barely played a hand in the last two hours.  The only decent hands he’s been dealt are a couple of small pocket pairs.  He almost decided to limp in with them but then he was out of position and what if someone were to raise?  Finally he’s dealt a hand he likes.  Five players see the flop.  Luckily Timmy flops a strong flush draw.  He checks from early position, the middle player checks, then the late position players check.  The turn is a blank, check, check, check, check, and check, all around the table.  On the river Timmy completes his flush and with excitement bets!   Everyone calls and Timmy wins the pot!  Oh Boy!  Way to go Timmy!  Timmy scoops up the pot feeling very pleased with himself.  “Super tight is super right,” he tells himself repeating his favorite mantra.

Don’t be a Timmy.  Timmy is the type of guy who orders drinks with those little umbrellas in them, avoids eye contact with others, loves Celine Dion and lives with his mother.  Don’t be a Timmy. 

Timmy is showing a slight loss over his poker career but he’s sure it’s just variance.  He’s certain that eventually he’ll hit the “long run” and then he’ll win back his losses and then some.  Don’t be a Timmy. 

Timmy is the classic weak-tight player.  He’s afraid to limp in with low pairs in loose passive games, afraid to push edges, and afraid to put his money in the center when he’s got the best of it.  Keep scooping those tiny tiny pots Timmy.   

I see it every day at the tables, players have strong hands or draws but are afraid to play them aggressively because they’re worried their hands may not work out.  They check and call, check and call, and then when they finally make their hand on the river, they are rewarded with a small pot.  If you have the pot odds to call a bet, then bet!  Get your money in there when you have the best of it.  When on a strong draw bet for value!  Don’t be afraid to build that pot up!  Who wants to win a lousy 7 bets when you could earn more than twice that.

Repeat after me, “A hand good enough to call with is a hand good enough to bet.”  Never passively check and call until you hit your draw.  Draws are legitimate hands.  If you’ve got the pot odds to be in the hand, then participate in it!  Don’t sit there timidly and wait to see if it works out for you like Timmy does.  By being the aggressor you’ll not only win larger pots when your draws hit, you’ll win more of them.  Think about it.  If you only check and call until making a hand, then you’ve got only one way to win a pot.  If you aggressively bet and raise your strong draws, then you’ve now got two ways to win.  You can win either with the cards, or when your opponents fold to you.  Bet your draws as if they were made hands.  I don’t view a made hand any differently than I do a strong draw.  You can lose with either.  Yesterday my king high flush lost to an ace high flush.  Just the same as a drawing hand can lose to an overpair.  

Weak tight play is harmful in other ways as well.  If your opponents notice that you’re a Timmy, then they’ll start taking shots at you.  Your blinds will get attacked more often, and you won’t get as much action when you do have the goods.  Super tight IS super right, that is until you’re dealt a playable hand.  Then let that aggression out and attack your opponents!  Don’t be a Timmy! 

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