The big games on UB

I've recently started playing on UB in addition to my long patronage of PokerStars. I just got sick of waiting for 'Stars to add triple draw to their menu. It's been fun, and I've gotten a lot more experience with it. Mostly been playing the low limit games.

I must admit to being shocked at seeing those really super high limit triple draw games on there though. I just now watched "SexyStephanie" bust out "LivTheLif" at 150/300 HU. And there is often an 80/160 or some other big limit game going at a 6-handed table. Are the players at these UB games people whom I would recognize as "name" players from live cash or tournament action?

I've been playing online poker since its infancy, so I suppose nothing should surprise me...nevertheless, the huge amounts of $$ I see swinging around on there just leaves my jaw hanging sometimes. I know UB has some big games in Holdem and Stud also; but triple draw being such a little-known game by comparison, it just seems as if it would be unlikely that there's really that much money flying around in that game. But obviously there is. Guess I'll have to bone up on my game and start moving up in limits.

While these are big limits for online play. TD is spread is regular game of 400-800 and higher at the bellagio. On top of that is it almost always played at the 'big game' as well. That is usually played 2000-4000 and 4000-8000.

Oh yeah, I know that TD is usually in the mix at the big Bellagio games. Last time I was in Vegas a few weeks ago, I played the 40/80 mix game--triple draw, Omaha H/L, and Stud H/L regular (no qualifier). That was a lot of fun, and profitable. That's probably the best mid-limit game in that room (unless you consider 10/20 NLHE to be mid-limit--if so, than the mix game would have to be considered second best).

Still, it's one thing to take a peek at Table 1, and see recognizable players playing a mix of games at high limits. But when I see two (or six) totally anonymous entities duking it out online, and the money flowing so quickly from the players to the good, it just makes me wonder all over again how deep that supply of money is that flows into the poker economy.

After all, it's one thing to lose money playing "live"--you can always not keep records or lie to yourself about your P&L. When you play online and you're a consistent heavy loser, you're going to know it, since you have to keep doing the Neteller thing to keep on playing.

I don't know, maybe I shouldn't worry about these things so much. I just busted somebody in Badugi HU on Doyle's this evening--I have no idea who he was or where he came from..but his money's in my stack now, and I guess that's all that really matters.

Still, if anyone doesn't mind cluing me in, I remain curious as to the "RL" identities of these apparent TD specialists on UB

[Chris Daddy Cool]

it really shouldn't shock you that triple draw is spread big online since it is always spread big live. in fact i have never seen a regular triple draw game run lower than 40/80 (the bellagio mix you mentioned).

Wynn will spread it at 10/20