Online Poker Forum - is it possible?

spike420211 · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: is it possible?

existing long-term scenario, for me, over the last 8 weeks:

>There are people who can actually play badugi now, even at .25/.50 and .50/1.00. This don't help my earn much. I actually did a 2.00 MTT and there
were showdowns where both opponents had pat 6's. You never used to see this except in 5/10 and higher cash games.

>Good triple draw games are getting much scarcer as well.

>With the fact that I can actually make ftp's in the micro's @ Tilt, along with the academy, I have already become one of the premier .01/.02 players on the site [OK, u can stop laffing now- I might actually become a good nlhe player someday because of all this. Crissakes, knock it off with the yuks. I said MIGHT].

> Yet my bankrool is increasing. WHY?
7-card stud hi.
unbelievable as it may sound, everything has gotten softer in this game,
from .10/.20 all the way to 5/10. And yes, I have been taking shots w/
timid money @ 5/10 @ stars. Notice I said timid, NOT SCARED.

The Changle guyz [and the rest of the Chinese population @ stars] seem to have a rather high-variance approach to things. My Vietnamese budz back in Cali used 2 call it "2 big pair" in between chuckles. What it actually means is 6's up, or worse. Exploitable? ALL DAY LONG, if only I had the roll 4 it.
I will admit that my testicular fortitude has diminished with age. But, as I explained to a young lady at 2+2, THEY AIN'T SAGGIN.

At the limits I'm rolled for [1/2 and below], the quality of play has worsened [this is NOT TRUE @ stud/8, however]. I can't possibly have improved that much.

I suppose this would be a brag poast, but I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

Your thoughts?
$pike

P.S.Well, the badugi and triple draw issues might be the economy...

P.P.S. this good fortune has yet to carry over into stud hi turnys.
but I also haven't done that many recently either. Outside of the 50-cent
turbo mtt's stars has the night before their weekly system restarts,
the cheapest ones are 3 bucks [4pm @ tilt, 3am @ stars]

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