Return to Paradise .....NOT (way long)

There is a reason why they still play Paradise, though. Lets assume $2/4 works the same way as $10/20 live. With twice the amount of hands and two tables, you should be able to make almost as much!


Even if you subtract a little of the expected winnings online due to the fast pace of the game, being able to win say 2/3 an hour of what you make during an hour of live play will easily make online poker attractive to people without very good access to a casino at all suitable times and perhaps likes to build their poker bankroll in a game with less swings than their live $10/20 game will represent.


lars

I agree with everything you've said. I am a reformed paradise junkie and have quit it for good. I started at PP 3-6 and 5-10, started winning, moved up eventually to 10-20 when my buy-in grew from $400 to $2500. I broke even there for a few sessions and then had my ass handed to me in a run of ridiculous hands. I cashed out my original buy-in and left. I am back in the B&M rooms and loving it. No regrets. I find the B&M 3-6 to 10-20 games a real refreshing break. They are so much easier to beat than paradise.


My hats off to those of you who can make any significant money online (without cheating). I think it's a real feat. If you can consistently beat the paradise 10-20 or 20-40, you would demolish an average mid-limit B&M game.


I'll stick with what works for me. [img]/images/smile.gif[/img]

I don't read this forum very often. This is a post that I believe to be very accurate and well worth reading. I think the "jury is out" so to speak on this point you make:


3. When opponents in live poker draw uphill against you they get there much less frequently than they do online...it really amazed me at first when the scare card never seemed to hit on the river. After years of Paradise I came to expect it.


Now it SEEMS to me from my limited experience that this observation is accurate as well but I'm not sure it really is. Without having data I would hesitate to draw a conclusion based on what SEEMS to happen with the cards that are put on the board. It could be true (remember it seems this way to me as well) but without data I think it's prudent to be careful in making this conclusion. Someone could point out that this is the same as observing that players put more "moves" on in online games but I don't think it is. This kind of observation is related to your skill in my opinion. Making an observation about the distribution of the cards dealt is not.

Hmmm. I might give live play a shot in Vienna soon.


Angelina Fekali

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Ljubljana, Slovenia

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