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I played 1/2 NL in AC on weekadays recently. I played at the Taj, Trop, and Ballys (1/3), and made a good profit each time. My best result was playing at Ballys around noon for about an hour, when I doubled up against an aggressive player with a big stack with a set versus aces up. I would have made a lot more at the Trop, but I lost a big pot when someone called my preflop KK reraise with 72s and flopped trips. I mostly play MTTs and SNGs online, but I was thinking I could play live NL for a living and could maybe play at a higher level once I got used to it. I like games, but I don't particularly like gambling, and you have to get used to losing $400 on one hand sometimes, as well as the wild play in these live NL games.

Anyway, I went down yesterday (Saturday) to AC. I started playing at the Trop around 1 PM. Everyone at my table talked about how tight the play was, so I asked for a table change, and the other table was just as tight. So I play limit holdem for a while, figuring the NL games would be better in the evening. I break even at limit. I find limit cash games boring. Then I go back to NL and again I have a tight table. I request a table change and the other one was just as bad. I go over to the Taj, because I figure I won't have to wait long for a table there. I get seated immediately at 1/2 NL. This table was even tighter than at the Trop. I made $20 in an hour there (after losing a little at the Trop). I made my money by raising and picking up the blinds and limpers or getting one caller who folded on the flop.

There are not many pros or retirees in 1/2 NL. I figure those groups make other games tougher on weekdays. I had never seen live NL games like this, particularly at these blinds. Usually they are really wild. I figure that the loose fish cause a lot of the games to be wilder and that the good players adjust and make bigger raises, are more willing to call or limp preflop with speculative hands, and are less likely to assume they are beaten facing big postflop bets. Without the loose players, the games just becomes a normal tighter game.