I've got some great advice on this board over the last 3 months and I would like some more. I've almost turned my passive play into" Let's bet for no apparent reason."
The stradegy works great until the cards stop coming. I'll sit at a .50nl table and get a few good hands along with a few marginals and bet the hell out of both of them. Pretty soon even the rocks that I play everyday are convinced I'm tilting and they are even paying me off, because I'm a maniac!!! Everythings going well I'm up 10 or 20 bucks in an hour, the world of online poker is great!!! Then....... The cards run cold I've folded the last 18 hands preflop limped 2 and folded after flop. And I can't even catch a J,8 off to limp with to try to reassure the table that I'm a Miniac. So all the stratagy, betting when I'm 51% sure I'm beat, goes down the drain and all that's left is the TA that everyone remembers from yesterday. Any thoughts on COLD cards such as these?

Thanx for the input guys. I'm rated a TAG on one database and Ultra on my other. I was advised by a few top players on here to loosen up and I did a little but the profits are not coming. I really think it has alot to do with the micro limits I play(<.50nl). What I mean is, at these small limits I can't push I guy off his top pair medium kick no matter what I bet.
I know I shouldn't be complaining about how bad the fish play, but I'm doubting the importance of deception and being aggressive when the villian is looking at the flop seeing a 10, has one in his hand and thinks "I have top pair. I'll call him down. What is a kicker anyway?"

Stoni your exactly right and that is the point. At lower level just play your cards mostly. Play super tight as all the crazy players will pay you. However, once you get to higher games its not so easy as just playing tight,g ood players pick up on this quick and will exploit you.

Have you tried six max?

I bet spending a few weeks playing that style of game will help you see the light. You can open up a lot more with Ax KT and 75s 78o type hands depending on the table you are playing those hands might be worth a raise preflop. People are always harping on not having direct pot odds but with a good understanding of implied odds you can play more "creatively" with drawing hands. It is also a myth that the blinds coming around faster makes it more expensive to play, as the button and cutoff comes around faster too so you have position a lot more. If nothing else your hand reading skills should get better, and it is fun to attempt to find and exploit each opponents weakness.

Even though betting the best hand and people calling too much is still the lower stakes money maker, I find room to open up and play tricky at times. Most of my LAGish play is in unraised pots in position, or raising a post oak bluffer that can lay down middle or bottom pair. I save raising the speculative hands for when I'm dominating the table and have them scared of my tight aggressive play. When the action is typically going I raise, one or two call, I bet 1/3 of the pot and they fold with out TPTK or a set or massive draw.

Thanks for the backup elite. I think I will go back to my normal 16-18% VPIP but keep my aggression high. I do believe in being aggressive as I can easily push the Rocks around
if they raise anything under 4X BB. And I love stealing those $1.30 pots when no one else wants that free money. The aggression really helps when I've got good hands, because I get paid off more. It's just the marginals I have trouble with because the fish won't fold.

Rdale,
I haven't tried 6-man but I have played alot of tables with only 6 or 7.(10 man tables that aren't full) When this happens I have no choice to loosen up alot. I'll try it a few hundred hands and see if I win or lose.
I know what u mean about Ax, Excession adviced me to raise with A9 or A8 off in last pos. I understand the concept of the play and to use my aggression and pos. to make an early pos. A10off fold but at my small limits they are not going to so I can't understand how it's a good play?

That s exactly what I think, stoni. You cant get fancy on NL$25 because they simply wont fold TPGK.

AlexMR.