One of the distinctions Ed Miller makes between weak tight players and loose passive ones is bluffing. Weak tight players you want to run over the table because you can get better hands to fold. Loose passive players call too much. They'll call with bottom pair, gut shots, hopeless backdoor draws and even trashier hands like Q high. When I play against loose passive players I have to remember why I'm putting money into the pot. If I raise per-flop but miss the flop and my continuation bet gets called by a loose passive player, what point is it in making a turn bet if my hand doesn't improve?
Poisoned anchors is another good concept that applies here from Lee Jones' book Winning Low Limit Hold'em. Let say I raise pre-flop with AQ suited. The flop comes 3-8-9 rainbow. There are three other players in and I continuation bet and am called by one player who is loose passive. It's completely believable for a loose passive player to call a pre-flop raise with a hand like Q3 or A3. So, although I've got two overcards my big hand is poisoned. I could be seeing dollar signs if a Q comes on the turn but I'm walking into a baseball bat. It's dangerous to bet into a loose passive player without some sort of hand to showdown with.
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