Party $200 NL hold'em

[theBruiser500]

Are the players on partypoker's $200 NL table actually good? Could I learn something from watching them? Or should I try to build my bankroll up quickly so I can start playing there... What I want to do is learn how to play NL hold'em better. I have a bunch of friends who will let me watch them play $10/$20 limit tables, but no one who plays similarly high stakes NL games, like the $200 Party, or the big UB games. As a point of reference for my skill, I play at the Party $50 NL tables and do very well.

danny

[crockpot]

most of the players in the party 200 games are pretty good, but just like in the 50 and 100 games, the real money is made from the complete idiots, and the rich idiots tend to seek out the 200 games.

so in a typical 200 lineup, you'd probably see 6 or 7 relatively good players as opposed to maybe 3 or 4 in the 50 or 100 games, but there will be a few idiots willing to donate a lot of money.

[Acesover8s]

What crockpot is saying is true, but one thing he doesn't mention that holds true in almost any poker game on any site/room/gambling den. The toughest game in the room is usually the second highest limit. The real gamblers seek out the highest limit they can play.

In my experience the Party 200$ game is softer than the $100.

[vector]

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What crockpot is saying is true, but one thing he doesn't mention that holds true in almost any poker game on any site/room/gambling den. The toughest game in the room is usually the second highest limit. The real gamblers seek out the highest limit they can play.

In my experience the Party 200$ game is softer than the $100.


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I was afraid that might be the case - I am still at the $100 tables.

However, checking my results this month and last month I see very little difference so far (last month 100 was the top NL table). Thats from about 15,000 hands last month and 10,000 hands this month.

And now they have gone back to only 3 tables of $200 NL, making it far less apealling from game selection point of view.

Also, the pot avgs are often very low on the $200 tables (rarely over $100 pot avg). Simplistically this suggests less action / tighter play.

How do you see this?

cheers,
vector

[Legend27]

You haven't played $200 tables very often then. Average pots are consisently higher at NL $100. The shark to fish ratio on the NL $100 tables is about 1:3 and on NL $200 it's about 1:10.