[sternroolz]

Commerce $9-18.....

I've found good games every time I go, but like I said, mostly on weekends. Maybe it's my personality too. Sometimes I'm quiet, sometimes I'm friendly, and sometimes I'm loud. But I usually have a Corona in hand. I've sat down at a TON of tight tables, only to see every one go bonkers within 30 minutes or so. I would suggest that if you are angry/solid/wear sunglasses...ie anything anitsocial at all, that is the type of thing that helps kill action in a game and you may want to rethink your image at a table. For instance, the game I sat in Saturday night held the most action of the $9-18 games available that night. And it was typical for me...beer in hand, friendly, downplay my wins, etc. I got payed in multiple places, even on the river, almost every hand I was in.

As to the variance of this game....it's huge. I can see a decent player taking a $5.4K(300BB) downswing. I've been on runs where face pairs and flopped sets get continously run down. If you are playing aggro players and on a run where 1 out of ten face pairs is winning for a while, you will lose lots of money. In fact, I think that the only reason that the variance of that game is not even higher, is that so many people bluff, even with huge pots, and it gives you an additional few bets when you win(bluffer plus people calling the bluffer without regards to what anyone else in the hand might be holding).