Thanks SM ..
Yah ... I figured I might get scorched a bit. Actually, the responses have been quite reasonable, particularly considering I'm a newbie.
I thank everyone for their restraint.
I just find it a little frustrating to discover the games are not easy to beat, and I suspect part of the reason is how they are portrayed in the poker media:
Populated by idiots who want to give you their money.
Well ... even an idiot can play a tight agressive game preflop, and even if he errs on the side of passive/weak post flop, you're not gonna make much money from him.
However, I will agree ... I played some Europeans on the Cryptos, recently, (.5/1) and I was amazed:
Five people were seeing the flop, even after a raise. And they were livid when I made my draws. Ed Miller's book was awesome for that sort of environment.
At one point the game was capped, 6 way, preflop. I had 67s (that's a questionable play, I suppose, but this was such an unusual situation, that I'd never encountered before ... I felt I couldn't fold) Long story short, made the nut draw, a 44 BB pot.
You should have heard the squawking.
But this is rather rare, and I have no interest in confining my play to 1BP tables on the Crypto network on Saturday night.
Always great to hear your thoughts, SM, as it seems we are experiencing similar things.
Best,
Zim
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