Serious ?- I'm beating .5/1 and 1/2 NL online, but spew at micros. Why

[jjb108]

Alright Spaggy, I'll bite but I'm sure I won't win any mad monies with my wit.

I also have a great job which I like and make many monies. I play poker for the competitve juice. I refuse to reload so my BR is set and I play accordingly.

Unlike you, I've played online mostly. I'm a marginal winner overall but can win at the micros. If I laid off 400 - 1000NL I'd have a much bigger BR. After a really bad run at 100NL and 50NL, I dropped to 10NL and worked back through 25NL and am in 50NL approaching critical mass for 100NL. Basically, I had to make 10NL work for me as its a competitive goal with myself.


If there was a reason for you to apply yourself at the micros, you'd be able to beat them. It is strictly ABC poker. Yes you can't bet people off a draw, but do you really want to??? I love people chasing 2 psb's to their 8 high flush draw into my set.

I'm surprised based on the fact that you play B&M in 2/5 games and can't see similarities to the micros. Fishy is fishy.

Since Tufat's $100 piqued your interest, make a bet with some of SSNL's finest to play 20,000 hands at micro for an interesting sum and see whether you can beat them.

My guess its simply the interest level. Stakes and competition are meaningless to you in the micros.