theory on Pacific 'fishyness'

[AquaSeaFoam]

I moved this from an earlier reply to maybe get a disscussion going.
ok, here's another angle....Pacific, as noted earlier, is not big on giving bonuses like Absolute, Party, etc.
But just suppose they have a theory of throwing that money into the games (i.e. preflop prop players) instead? Lets face it, those who play there are there because the games are so juicy, not for any bonus. Tossing some small house money into hands preflop may actually be a more productive way for them to keep the site attractive. In fact it may be a much better inducment to play there than the 20% deposit bonus which leads to rock gardens (absolute).
Say you have ten players on a table who got there with a 20% deposit bonus on a $100 deposit. Thats $200 the site has thrown out to the players. Instead of that, why not take that $200 and throw it out on the tables in a game pre flop to encourage a 'run with the pack' playing style. Have your props play under certain guidelines; a raise from blinds (especially SB) if you have at least 4 limpers; they will always call it. On a 2/4 table thats a $2 investment to bring at least another another $8 onto the table. It encourages wilder action which inflates rakes much better than a rock garden will.
It almost makes too much sense.

[SamJack]

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I moved this from an earlier reply to maybe get a disscussion going.
ok, here's another angle....Pacific, as noted earlier, is not big on giving bonuses like Absolute, Party, etc.
But just suppose they have a theory of throwing that money into the games (i.e. preflop prop players) instead? Lets face it, those who play there are there because the games are so juicy, not for any bonus. Tossing some small house money into hands preflop may actually be a more productive way for them to keep the site attractive. In fact it may be a much better inducment to play there than the 20% deposit bonus which leads to rock gardens (absolute).
Say you have ten players on a table who got there with a 20% deposit bonus on a $100 deposit. Thats $200 the site has thrown out to the players. Instead of that, why not take that $200 and throw it out on the tables in a game pre flop to encourage a 'run with the pack' playing style. Have your props play under certain guidelines; a raise from blinds (especially SB) if you have at least 4 limpers; they will always call it. On a 2/4 table thats a $2 investment to bring at least another another $8 onto the table. It encourages wilder action which inflates rakes much better than a rock garden will.
It almost makes too much sense.

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Interesting theory. Another possibility for the games their being so juice is that Pacific gets a lot of player's from their casino player base who don't know jack squat about playing poker. I believe they are associated with 888 casino which has a huge # of gamblers.

SamJack

[PapaSan]

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I moved this from an earlier reply to maybe get a disscussion going.
ok, here's another angle....Pacific, as noted earlier, is not big on giving bonuses like Absolute, Party, etc.

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Thats funny i got 750$ last month in bonuses from pacific.

[Rednax]

How about this theory?: the reason there are so many fishes there at low levels is because there are few, if any, sharks and bonus whores. Table minus sharks minus bonus whores equals fishes.

And the chief reason is only one table can be played at a time. What serious player is going to be trying to make money at $1-2 on just one table? Hello?!

And what bonus whore is going to be there? Let's see, every $10 of rake you pay can be converted to a whopping one cent!

Add the slowness, lack of Poker Tracker support, frequent disconnects .... all things that a casual player wouldn't mind but a serious player can't tolerate. End of discussion imo.

[bholdr]

i think you've got it: 888.com, pacific's parent site (Casino On Net, etc) has more customers than partypoker- all gamblers that treat poker like a slot machine.

[MicroBob]

how on earth did you get so many bonuses there?

[Tk79]

I think Rednax hit the nail on the head. Any quality players trying to make real money have no reason to play at pacific due to the lack of features that you get elsewhere (PT support, Multitables, fast software, reloads, ect...). Combine that with all the fish from the casino and you have a trout farm. Not a BROWN trout farm though.

[Yobz]

How fishy is Pacific exactly? What level on Pacific has the same skill as Party's .5/1, 1/2, or 2/4 full ring tables?

Could it be worth it to 5 table 4 party and 1 pacific?

[hicherbie]

this thread inspired me to finally try pacific.
after about 60 or 70 hands (50c/1) i have to say im liking it. the software sucks though

[sfwusc]

I do that.

4 party
1 pacific

I would say 2/4 at Pacific is like 5c/10c at UB. VERY JUICY but swings are crazy---5-9 people seeing the flop lead to a lot of suckouts.

SFWUSC