Anyone notice how packed Stars small stakes games are?

[Hack]

Especially the micros. There are 14 or 15 people waiting to get on the tables.

And they're so tight now. Only seeing 30% of flops instead of 40 or 50 or 60%. It totally sucks.

Now when I bet everyone folds. I used to want this but now I miss all the fish.

Everyone is trying to clear the stupid bonus.

The upside is that I can steal a lot more blinds and use position more.

[NateDog]

I threw off 75BB's in the last 2 days at Stars. Tables are tight tight tight. Actually seeing a lot of .50/1.00 players at .02/.04 and .05/.10. More tables = better chance for the bonuses. I don't figure it'll slow down till after the bonuses are done.

[Hack]

here's the thing.

as far as i know, you can't clear your bonus at the bottom two limits. Because there is no rake at .02/.04 and .05/.10. So how can you get FPPs with no rake?

Strangely enough I'm cleaning up these tables. I guess I play better against the somewhat tight passives that it seems are on these tables.

I'm able to bluff with overs a lot more and semibluffs.

[iNsChris]

What bonus is that hack? I noticed that mnin there is $50?
I didn't like the table skins though, I thought they were very hard to read and generally ugly.

Any way you can change skins? I may be tempted to go there if i have a bigger bank roll.

[NateDog]

Not the regular bonus. There is the billionth hand promotion going where you can win a grip of cash just by being dealt into a certain hand #. Hence, you want to play as many tables as you can for as long as you can. Now you get solid .50/1.00 players playing 4-6 .02/.04 or .05/.10 tables instead.

[Hack]

Stars has some of the nicest table graphics around. Stas' skins are beautiful compare to Party's. I guess I don't understand why you think they're ugly.

[ccartman2]

I made 200 BB's over the last 2 weeks at .5/.10 so I hadn't noticed much of a change. Of course I haven't played since they put the bonus up, but I did clear my bonus at paradise and have moved my money back to Stars to claim this bonus. I don't see how you could clear the bonus at .05/.10 because I've never seen one of these pots raked.

[Hack]

It's a diff bonus like nate said. I wasn't aware of it.

[Hack]

Is it really likely that you'll get it?

[ccartman2]

Sorry, I just caught that. I'll read more carefully next time. Still, I don't think the odds are that great to hit the hand, that you should deviate from your usual play, IMO.

[NateDog]

I think 3 more table increases your odds 300%

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