PokerStars vs Party Poker

[AtticusFinch]

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To me the xtra chips + smaller player pool allows me to get more reads on people and these reads helps me determine how to play against them. Some on stars will raise to 3x BB and then fold to a push for only 2x BB more. While others will raise to 3x BB and call 10x more BB w/ QTs. Both of these moves are fishy, but u hafta know your competition to play against them appropirately.

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Agreed. The structure and player pool at Stars actually afford a greater advantage to good players, and my ROI is also higher at Stars than at Party. (I misspoke earlier when I said the ROI is better at Party)

The thing is, the structure and more sophisticated play also lead to longer tourneys, which reduces your hourly rate to a sufficient extent that Party is still consideraby more profitable despite having a lower ROI.

Also, at $55 and above, you get 1000 chips instead of 800 at Party, which makes the games slightly less of a crapshoot, while still being much shorter than at Stars.

Still, it's just more fun at Stars because the added room in your stack allows you to run more sophisticated, high-variance but profitable plays, and you actually get to play poker much more often. I don't think I'll be shutting down my Stars account any time soon, though I continue to grow my bankroll more quickly at Party.