.5/1 at PP sucking???

[UATrewqaz]

I've been clearing the bonus and cannot find a full table over 30% VPIP to save my life.... what happened to all the fish?

[Rev. Good Will]

I imagine its filled with the bonus whores who come out whenever there is a bonus

[Saint_D]

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I've been clearing the bonus and cannot find a full table over 30% VPIP to save my life.... what happened to all the fish?

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Avg VP$IP = 22.2
My Profit after 100 hands = 20BB

Conclusion? High VP$IP is not nesc for PROFIT! (though it does help)

-D

[hemstock]

After 5k hands at party, I've played at just a couple 30+ vpip tables.

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I've been clearing the bonus

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You just answered your own question. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Party/Empire really tightens up at bonus time. Time of day seems to really matter too - the later I play, the tighter the tables seem to be. I've had much better luck finding good tables in the early afternoon (PT).

I also agree with Saint. I'm usually satisfied at a table with one or two 40+ passives and a LAG on my right. And for clearing bonii, I learned to look for tables with 2-3 fairly aggressive players. They'll generate lots of raked hands. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Another thing: you can't count entirely on PT to find you a loose table. The real loose players usually don't play long enough to get you any kind of stats - they lose their roll fast, then leave and don't come back, while your PT database is likely full of the tighties who multitable every evening.

[DavidC]

Anything over 27 and you're good, as long as your seat's okay. You just have to get used to a 2bb/100 winrate rather than 4.

You also have to be comfortable stealing pots from TAAs.

[Rev. Good Will]

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Anything over 27 and you're good, as long as your seat's okay. You just have to get used to a 2bb/100 winrate rather than 4.

You also have to be comfortable stealing pots from TAAs.

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really? I imagined a bunch of rocks who would only raise QQ+, AQo+, AJs+ PF

[DavidC]

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Anything over 27 and you're good, as long as your seat's okay. You just have to get used to a 2bb/100 winrate rather than 4.

You also have to be comfortable stealing pots from TAAs.

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really? I imagined a bunch of rocks who would only raise QQ+, AQo+, AJs+ PF

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Them too. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

You're right though, the TAA's (true ones) are scary guys, and I'm probably 50-50 with these guys or less at 2/4. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Oh, and although it may be entirely irrelevant to the .5/1 discussion, I've been data-mining at Empire for 1/2 (moving up soon), and the four random tables I have open:

35.3
29.97
44.54
47.83

Almost makes me want to jump in right now.

[UATrewqaz]

Well I cleared my bonus, 1,863 hands for a net profit of -$1.63.

The $150 bonus makes it worthwhile I guess.

During the clear

AA 2 for 8
KK 3 for 9

Thus the crappitude results.