0.5/1 players > 2/4 players

[Trix]

2/4 is the limit I have played for the most time and I have moved up pretty much as soon as I had the roll for the next limit on party, so I needed to make 150 bets there to get to 3/6 (1200-1800). After the first 10.5 hours I was up 108 BBs, then I went on a loosing streak. In the end it took about 2 months to make those 150 bets. It took less than a month making 600BBs at .5/1...

All I´m saying is that you probably wanna play some more before you state that the .5 players are better than the 2/4.

[benfranklin]

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Look at the % preflop at party
44% .5/1
37% 1/2
38% 2/4
31% 3/6

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Webster: Is that your own data, or from some other source? Always looking for more info, and Party doesn't provide much.

Thanks.

[alekhine8]

Well Im not Webster but here is my data from Pokertracker.

$0.50/$1.00 - 42.99% saw flop (4,347 hands)
$1.00/$2.00 - 35.31% saw flop (5,886 hands)
$2.00/$4.00 - 35.93% saw flop (1,827 hands)

I assume that all of the above data includes myself at approximately 13% VPIP so all of those percentages probably need to be raised 2.0%-2.5% to account for Party as a whole.

[Webster]

benfranklin - own data - I actually have the numbers broken down by month and it is getting tighter - not unexpected though because of summer.

The table selection is basically random (don't believe in table selection at Party). sure sure - say what you want - but my bottom line is doing fine thank you over the past year.

[Ponks]

Hiyas,

I wouldn't get too carried away. The players at 2/4 are pretty bad, but I dont think they are easier then the players at .5/1. You could also easily be running very well over 2 sessions. Not trying to say you arent a winning player, but 2 sessions is very little.
Ponks

[Webster]

Look at it this way - After going 10 months winning in 2/4 I became a losing player in May at the tune of (-1.55) BBs per hour.

In June so far after 1600 hands my win rate is an astounding 11.22BBs per our at 2/4 [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]. Overall at Party I'm a nice solid 2.11BB per hour.

My point is "it's the long run" In May not for a second did I think I was a losing player (well , a few seconds maybe) YET - I lost, In June not for a second do I think I'm a 10+BB per hour player (well, perhaps a few seconds [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img])

2/4 players are not pretty bad - they are average WITH some pretty bad players mixed in.

Your last paragraph says it all. Nothing to be scared of.

A friend of mine is SLOWELY moving up from .25/.5 to .5/1. He probebly knows poker better then I do, yet I have more experience. His 1st trip to .5/1 he said he was nervous because he was not playing with "the big boys".

I almost have Mountain Dew coming out my nose!!!