Is it just me or is PP getting tougher...

[mack23]

OK I will admit it: I am becoming a bonus whore. One can deny this for only so long, but 50% deposit bonuses, free poker books, and free chip sets are just too appealing to ignore! These temptations have drawn me to 2 new poker sites in the last couple weeks, (Party is the only site I had played until now) and the results are surprising. When I saw 700 and 1200 players seated at these new sites, compared to 25000 at PP, a red flag went up right away. "They are all pros!" I thought to myself. Then I played a SNG and pretty much folded all the way into the $$ as others made rookie plays, including the 2 big chip stacks going all-in head to head with 4 players left (I was severly short stacked) and after that the player in 2nd place moving in against the chip leader when I was on life support. On the second site the first thing I did was enter a multi-table re-buy tourney... and won. Yes there were many fewer players and a much smaller payout than a PP multi, but still... getting 1st place is quite a feeling! "Wow this is fun, I should have done this a long time ago!" is the new thought process.

So here's the point: These 2 "new" sites I am referring to are partner sites with online casinos. I need to play on them a lot more to make an educated decision but so far it feels like I am playing a skill game while the others there are gambling. Many of the players there are probably carry-overs from the casino or just there to claim a bonus or prize... any of you come across this situation? I am starting to feel like even though there are so many newbies on the old Party, there are also soooooooo many good players there now as well, and since it is a straight poker site the game may be tougher than other places! I'm interested to hear what you think....

-Mack

[Puffin]

So are you gonna tell us what sites? Or is that information way to valuable for the enitire two plus two community.

[BradleyT]

These smaller sites will be great places to play once Ed's book is released.

[mack23]

Didn't want to sound like I was promoting these other sites or anything. One is Pacific Poker, which I see ads for here on this forum, and I believe it to be a pretty well known site. The other I had NEVER heard of before, it's called Aztec Riches.

[mack23]

Would you mind telling me who Ed is and what his upcoming book is about? Or a link to a relevant post would be just fine as well. Thanks!

[Gallopin Gael]

He's our "Noted Poker Authority" (NPA) and is coming out with a book Small Stakes Hold 'em; Winning Big with Expert Play by Ed Miller, David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth.

It'll be a fun read and the next on my list.

[Puffin]

Never heard of Aztec. But your assumptions about pacific are right. Its a pretty insane site. I played there a while ago and went on a bad run of getting out-drawn all the time and haven't been back since. Now that they have NL tournys I may deposit some money there and check out their incredibly loose games again.

[PITTM]

ive been almost exclusively party poker for the past 6 months. and i took the many intercasino bonuses and played there, the poker tables were outrageously soft and the bonuses were pretty insane. Party is slipping in my book, but im sure there are still tons of soft games. ive been doing more blackjack whoring than poker playing lately, and im making a lot more doing this than playing low stakes poker, so why not?

rj

[Piers]

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These smaller sites will be great places to play once Ed's book is released.

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Er, wont the reverse be true? Some people might actualy read it [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[BradleyT]

When 10,000 people buy it in the first month and flock to party $3/$6 shortly thereafter do you think sitting at a table with 3 others who have read the book is going to be good for your EV?