[Slim Pickens]

After about 400 33's, I've found the banlance of players is only slightly different than the 22's. There's maybe 2 rake-beaters (including me [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]), 4 decent break-even players, 2 modest losers, and 2 total donks. There might be 3 total donks at the 22's and 4-5 at the 11's, with the balance taken out of the other categories equally. This means there are fewer hands to collect the free chips early on (although my first-hand push with AA over two limpers got called by 44), and tougher bubble play. There's a lot of FPS in the 33's compared to the 22's. I think you're right about check-calling later on with as little as middle pair. That kind of thing is highly read-dependent though.