New At Paradise

[pretender2k]

I just noticed they have .05/.1 and .01/.02 hold'em. How new is this. Do you think this will help get more people to start playing there and eventually move up. Being in the casino industry I do know that is a tactice with gamblers. Get them to play low-limit and eventually they will play higher limits because it is more of a thrill. Do you think this works in poker too.

[lunchmeat]

It's only a few days old, and I hate it. During the day when the higher games are really tight, I used to like to play 3 .50/$1 tables to clear bonuses quickly. Now the .50/$1 games aren't nearly as loose as all the weakest players are playing the microlimits.

It's not like dollar limit poker is so large that it was intimidating anybody with a job from playing, and anyone who makes a deposit through Neteller has enough for at least one session of .50/$1. Furthermore, I doubt the smallest limits will bring in any substantial profit for Paradise.

The only benefit I see from this is that it will increase Paradise's pokerpulse numbers.

[MattHatter]

I hate micro-limits at a site.

IMO if you play low to mid limit. Micro games give you an overall reduced EV for that site over any other site with no micro limits.



Matt

[namknils]

Is this why the .5/1 games were incredible tight yesterday? I played at two seperate times and each time I moved about 4 or 5 times to find a loose table, and I still couldn't find one.

I don't like it, and don't see how it could add much to their site.

[Lori]

Is this why the .5/1 games were incredible tight yesterday?

Although I agree with the sentiments in the thread, yesterdays .5/1 was the loosest I've seen there.

I won 92BB in 4 hours, and it wasn't my skill that did it, just the relentless payoffs.

Lori

[namknils]

I guess I wasn't looking hard enough, I also didn't play very long. But they struck me as very tight.

[lunchmeat]

So everyone who has posted on this issue has said they hate the new tables, myself included, but I think Paradise accomplished their mission as the players betting pennies have boosted Paradise to #3 on the Poker Pulse charts.

[Lori]

The one positive, as I've said somewhere else, is that those genuine noobs who have pennies from the freerolls can now use them for 'real' poker.

Lori

[ChristinaB]

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So everyone who has posted on this issue has said they hate the new tables, myself included, but I think Paradise accomplished their mission as the players betting pennies have boosted Paradise to #3 on the Poker Pulse charts.

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Is it the micro-limits or the Neteller bonus?
I vote, its the bonus.

[CardCuda]

Hey Lori -

As I have only played Paradise I can tell you since the MTT and Micro-Limit Inception the .50 tables have loosened up quite a bit. There are now some tables with 70%+ flop percentages. (Didn't see that 2 or even 1 month ago). 40% is the norm there.

Just as a side note I have been crushing these games lately (15 straight + sessions) and have currently moved to the $1-2 tables which now play like the .50 tables used too. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[MattHatter]

"I won 92BB in 4 hours, and it wasn't my skill that did it, just the relentless payoffs."

I can attest to this fact. Saw it with my own eyes. /images/graemlins/grin.gif


Matt

[lunchmeat]

Paradise was running 3rd in tournaments and 4th in ring games up until today (or perhaps yesterday, i didn't check). Now they are 3rd in both. The bonus certainly increased their numbers, but Paradise's move into third directly coincided with the new pocket-change limits.