Equivalency

[Frond]

I have been playing a little bit of .25-.50 and .50-1 LHE on Stars and FT. I have not yet played any higher than 4/8 live but I can tell you that these micros are both tougher than any 4/8 live table I have seen yet. If I had to guess I'd say that 2/4 online has to be the same or higher than 10/20 and I would guess higher.

[Carlson411]

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I have been playing a little bit of .25-.50 and .50-1 LHE on Stars and FT. I have not yet played any higher than 4/8 live but I can tell you that these micros are both tougher than any 4/8 live table I have seen yet. If I had to guess I'd say that 2/4 online has to be the same or higher than 10/20 and I would guess higher.

[/ QUOTE ] I agree. I have to really rethink my first encounter with 8/16 live. I played 4/8 in plenty of places live and you are correct stating that its no where near as hard as .25/50 LHE online. I was a winning player at 1/2 LHE on FTP, Bodog(winner at 1/2 and 2/4 LHE) and than I took time off due to POOR BANKROLL MGMT. I want to start playing live on a regular basis though.

[PorkchopDJG]

Carlson,
As we discussed in another post LHE games between 4/8 and 8/16 are hard to find in Vegas. If you want to move up you may find 6/12 at MGM, Caesars or Mirage but will most likely have to jump up to 8/16 at Wynn, Venetian and Bellagio. I think you will be fine in these 8/16 games and wouldn't let this one bad night you had at Wynn make you not try it again next time.

I used to beat 5/10 and 8/16 at Paradise Poker but now on UB I find it hard beating 1/2 and 2/4 LHE. These games are so tight/aggressive as to be absolute rock gardens so much so that I have switched to 25 and 50NL for online cash games.

[Frond]

I think when we say tough online it means pretty much what Porkchop stated. Also, there are less players online now and the ones that are still playing have gained more experience since they are probably not new players but ones that have been hanging around for a while. Tight agg games abound now. Still beatable but harder for sure and more of a grind.

[Little Wing]

When you guys say online is tougher than live, what exactly do you mean? I don't doubt it's true, since everyone seems to think so, just curious.

Are the players more aggressive? tighter?