In a message dated 6/26/2006 6:23:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
omnibibulous1@comcast.net writes:
<In general, and as a newb, I think I find the live games as soft or
softer than online. I played 1/2 holdem on Party and now UB working
promotions, and some of the UB games can get pretty tight. It pays
to be choosy about your table. I do find more hyper aggressive
maniacs online, and because you are seeing more hands per hour, you
can spot weaknesses quicker.>
I find some of the bad players online are only representing being bad. I
heard top pros go to micro tables to try stuff out like see how much they can
lose then come back. I have access to all the free poker magazines in Vegas
poker rooms and I see many articles by pros telling how to play micro games.
Duh? they had to be at the micro tables to research the article, lol. I happened
to strike up a convo with a video poker player who has been in the wsop
several times and has busted all the top pros out of tourneys from time to time
[like Ted Forrest]. I mentioned the Harrington books. He said he never read
them. He asked my screen name on Party. I started to verbally spell it out and
he stopped me and said, "Oh yeah, I know who you are." <Gulp>
<Upon reflection, I liked the chop also. I've never watched the big
online tournaments, but will give it a shot.>
I like watching the very upper limit ring games online too. Only like 25%
average see the flop and that includes the BB. On the other end of the spectrum
the micro games 45% or so see the flop. This makes me want to give up my
little side obsession, trying to beat play money players in Limit S&G's on
party. Everybody except me sees the flop. I'm thinking, "I'm so smart and they're
so dumb" but... I usually get knocked out between 3rd and 5th. So... maybe
I'll stop the silly play money stuff now that I've learned the more seeing the
flop the less chance I have.
An interesting thing I'm learning about online is there are pro free roll
players. They sign up for way more tourneys then they can do then show up late,
play a while then suddenly leave when another game is better. At the
beginning of any free roll only about 50% or less of the players show up to play.
Biggest problem for me is putting starting times down on my spreadsheet. I have
no easy formulas for translating GMT-2 to PST or EST to PST and my Quattro
Pro 12 is full featured too, just like Excel.
All in all it's so sad that the screwball game of Hold'em seems to be the
only out for me because of the gradual removal of full pay VP. VP is so easy,
you just memorize what beats what and penalty cards and play until you get
tired then stop and rest. In Holdem the WPT pros get busted out at the first
table and almost all unknowns are at the final table. Tilt is never a problem
for me in VP whereas Holdem I have to learn how to overcome it. Annie Duke
wrote a great article in Bluff magazine on the many forms of Tilt. [Mar '06 issue]
JT, getting his rifle, the VPFMP's are at the front door.
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