PP vs UB and PS

Marlow · #1 09-02-2005, 02:49 PM

I know that the vast majority of NL 2+2ers play on Party Skins. I generally play at UB and Poker Stars and do well there. Are PP players worse? How much worse? Does anyone have stats that show that PP players are uberdonks?

I just want to know if I'm giving up a lot of money by avoiding a site that I generally dislike (to be discussed in a different thread...).

Thanks in advance,

Marlow

JJJ88 · #2 09-02-2005, 07:18 PM

It is easier to win big pots at Party especially at 6max tables. Too many fishes out there. You maybe one of them.

amoeba · #3 09-02-2005, 07:23 PM

well, thats a rather insulting ending to your post.

JihadOnTheRiver · #4 09-02-2005, 07:23 PM

i've been trying to clear the FTP bonus lately, and that sh.it is crazy weak. my new home. unfortunately only 2-6 games going usually. so game selection lately has been whatever opens up first...

GoCubsGo · #5 09-02-2005, 07:25 PM

Good post, Marlow, I've been wondering the same thing. I just joined the Party after playing about 15,000 hands or so at Stars. I haven't noticed anything definite but:
It's a little harder to buy pots
I find I'm making a little more money when I make a hand.
It seems there are more limpers.

I play NL50 full ring. I've only played 800 hands at Party so far, so I could just be running into fish, but it seems a little more loose and passive. However, I too really dislike the software. Really obnoxious noises and tables. Didn't realize how good I have it over at Stars. I'm not sure yet if the players are bad enough at Party to make it worth the hassle.

Marlow · #6 09-02-2005, 09:25 PM

This is very helpful, thanks.

If I'm not missing a lot by playing where I am, I'll most likely stay put.

I would like to try FTP, tho...

Thanks again,

Marlow

GoCubsGo · #7 09-02-2005, 10:58 PM

Finally got PokerTracker and I open up GT to see that 3 of the 4 tables I'm sitting at are 18% VPIP and the other is 26%. WTF?! I though Party was land of the fish! Back at Stars, I could always find a table around 40%. Did I just have bad game selection or is Party always this tight at NL50?

#8 09-03-2005, 04:46 AM

I don't know if posting a link like this is legal on this forum, but if you dislike the layout of the table go ahead and download a mod from www.pokermods.com (@moderators: remove the link if it is not appropriate)

That way you can make the table much more simple by taking away chairs and stuff like that.

theben · #9 09-03-2005, 11:50 AM

PP players are much worse. and tons better reloads

GoCubsGo · #10 09-03-2005, 02:20 PM

I really had some trouble over at Party. Over 8k hands at Stars NL$50 I'm at 9BB/100, compared to .39BB/100 over 1800 hands at PP. Good thing for the sign up bonus. Is 1800 hands enough to pass judgment on the Party networks? I only won 1 big hand the entire time. My sets never got paid off and when I had tptk or worse, I would always seem to get called and/or raised by better hands.

Also, besides modifying the table appearance, is there any other way to make Party less obnoxious? I got so pissed because it seemed everytime I looked at something else, I'd come back to see myself sitting out at 2 of the 4 tables I was at. It was also very annoying just to start playing because when the BB comes to me, I never see it in time and I have to sit out. It was almost impossible to look at other things while playing because the taskbar kept coming up every 2 seconds when I wasn't even involved in the hand at that table. And it was a real pain to have to type my bet everytime the pot was 1.50 or 2.75. When I drag the bar, it goes by $1 incrememnts. I thought everything at Stars was way more convenient. How do you guys put up with Party?