The toughness of games at absolute

[xCEO]

I play 5/10 at Absolute, and today I saw the first loose-passive player in a week.. The tables are like 30/20, full with LAGs who fold the flop when you hit it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Moving to party very soon..

[geormiet]

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I play 5/10 at Absolute, and today I saw the first loose-passive player in a week.. The tables are like 30/20, full with LAGs who fold the flop when you hit it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Moving to party very soon..

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Very good description. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Wynton]

Ah, the age old question: choose nice rakeback deals or juicy games.

I believe this was one of the topics covered in the Lincoln/Douglas debates.

[istewart]

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Ah, the age old question: choose nice rakeback deals or juicy games.

I believe this was one of the topics covered in the Lincoln/Douglas debates.

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lol

[sthief09]

rake-free games are a lot more useful at the low limits. at the higher limits, you lose any game selection, you probably feel somewhat obligated to earn a big rakeback check from them (I'd imagine baronzeus pulls in 10k+ a month in rakeback [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]), and the rake isn't that big to begin with. at 5/10 you are gaining about 1.9 BB/100 compared to 25% RB Party. at 10/20 it's around 1.35. at 25/50 it's around .66 compared to 20/40 on Party. so the benefit gets exponentially smaller. you guys say the 5/10 games suck. can they be worth 1.9 BB/100 less? also it seems like very few are winning serious money on there. maybe that's because baronzeus is taking it all

[oreogod]

actually if u truly are "rake-free" on AP the 5-10 puts u at 2.5 to 3bb per 100. This of course is playing 6max games and such, its worse if u play 9 handed. So u have slightly tougher games (no one is world class or anything and a more than a decent amount of players suck postflop still) but u are automatically a 2.5-3bb winner, sometimes more if u play 2-4 handed a lot. really though, I think once u get past 10/20 its best to just head over to stars or Party. You will want to have more game selection for 15/30 and beyond.

[sthief09]

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but u are automatically a 2.5-3bb winner

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come on. reread that [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] no guarantee someone can beat the game, even rake free

[geormiet]

Those 1.9 and 1.2 bb handicaps are a pretty big deal. At 5/10, i think you won't find soft enough games online to make up for that much. But you're almost certainly right about 25/50.

25% at party? But I thought....ok i'll IM you.