Softness of Micro-Limit Ring Games

[imported_adhoc]

Hey guys, I was looking over the different assessments of various micro-limit games at www.bonuswhores.com and noticed that they rated the Party Poker .5/1 full ring game as a "B+" in comparison to the Cryptologic (Interpoker, etc.) games of the same limits, which they gave an "A+" to. I also noticed that they rated the Party Poker 1/2 game and the 1/2 game at Pacific as equally soft with a "B+" for each. I am thinking about branching out (I currently only play at Empire) to try and collect some different bonuses, and was wondering if it was the consensus of those of you who play different micro-limit games that these comparisons are accurate. My feeling from reading these forums has always been that the Party Poker games were considered the most beatable, but if other games are as good or better and have bonuses attached, maybe I will give them a shot, too.

[SoftcoreRevolt]

No other site has better bonuses than Party poker and more beatable games.

Absolute has better bonii, Pacific has fishier games as does Sportingbet (but Pacific is slow and you can't multi table and it SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS) and Crypto is slow and the bonuses aren't as good as Party (although not bad)

[imported_adhoc]

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Pacific is slow and you can't multi table and it SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS

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I usually play four tables at once on Empire. Assuming I could concentrate equally as well over four tables whether all four are on the same server or not, do you think it might be more profitable to play three tables on empire and one on Pacific (collecting a bonus at the latter)? Or does this create problems that don't immediately present themselves?

[BatsShadow]

I only two table, but yes, this is what I do. You should almost always be playing one Pacific table. At the .5/1 games I can usually find 5-6 to the flop. Pacific is the closest thing to the SSHE loose game.

Regarding their software, some people seem to have connection problems with Pacific but I almost never do. If you have a good connection in general, then I doubt you will find much to complain about in their software.

[fflyer]

Sounds like I should give Pacific a try. Two queries- 1. How do you clear the bonus and 2. Can you download hand histories onto Poker Tracker?

[KeysrSoze]

And are there any rakeback programs for Pacific?

[sholvar]

Nothin better Party Poker?
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[aK13]

Although I have no personal experience, I've heard that .5/1 at cryptos is indeed softer than party. However, the advantage of being able to use the PV-PT combination at party, IMO far outweighs the softer games.

1/2 games at party are tighter than .5/1 by a pretty decent amount, but 1/2 at crypto is a rock garden. Never tried pacific.

My 2 cents.

[Tapin]

I dunno, it's probably just luck and variance but I've never had good results at the Crypto 1/2 levels (I whored the Plex and Inter bonuses for a few months, a few months ago -- not a huge sample size). I think I might actually be in the red there, whereas I'm solidly in the black at Party and skins.

I hear the Cryptos have sped up a bit now, though, so since my two complaints were "the games are interminably slow" and "my results have been poor", I might have to go back and see if I can, uh, regress to the mean. Or something like that [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[PokerMatt]

I've had by far the best success with Party. I didn't have as much on Paradise but I also didn't play as many hands. It's funny hearing some of my friends who refuse to play on party anymore, complaining it's too loose and they get bad beats. Then again, a fish never believes he's a fish, but I digress.