[ThaHero]

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NL has very little variance if you know what you are doing. The variance is the highest the fastest and loosest you play. Ie the Party 25NL games from 2 years ago. I used to auto push or bet pot with JJ or better on brick flops and invariably got called by ace high guys every time. If I nutpeddaled I would have had almost no variance. These days when I play live I stick to rock styles as I don't really have a live roll and just withdraw cash from a savings account to play 1/2 NL(100max) live.....

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what does a brick flop mean??? trying to figure out what you mean (and it looks interesting).... seems like the ace high guys calling is good, but i suppose it increases variance (but it's huge +EV i'd think), but as i said, i don't understand what "brick flop" means.

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By "brick flop" I'm assuming he means flops like 852 3 different suits or even a flop like 552. These are flops noone is likely to have hit, since most people calling raises are calling with AK, KQ, KJ, Ax etc. A flop of AK9 with two suits of the same color is definately not a brick flop, for example.

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can you really wait for the nuts (or near-nuts) B&M?... won't people notice you barely ever play???? .. and isn't it a pain with session fees? (BTW, i don't know how many places are rake vs. session fee).

any responses would be greatly appreciated. so thanks in advance!!

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Yes you can, at least at lower limits like 100 and 200. One day while playing at Hollywood Park, I was totally card dead except for a few AA and KK hands that had me sitting with a $300 stack at 100 max buyin. Someone remarked- "Man you sure are a rock!" I said no, I haven't been getting any cards. He said "No, it's nothing to be ashamed of. That's good!" A few hands later I raised and got a couple callers. Most of these guys don't pay attention, and when they do, generally they don't care, if they have something decent they will call. They are there to gamble, not grind out a living.