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I a long time microlimit player/poster who has recently moved to Henderson and interested in playing live (probably jumping in at 15/30).


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This doesn't make any sense to me. I've never played microlimit online, but I can't imagine the games are anything like a live 15/30 game.

Why would you do this? Did you scratch up $10k playing .25/.50 on Pokerstars? Am I missing something here?

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from what i remember of aaron, he posts fine and would easily beat a vegas 15/30 game, so don't dismiss it so fast. in fact while i haven't played online .25/.50 in a long time it wouldn't suprise me if it was on par with a 15/30 game live. remember, they play pretty friggin bad.

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But before I do that, I want to lurk the forum here to see if my game is roughly on par with the types of games I hope to play.

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You have been missing out on a lot if you haven't been reading this forum.

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joe, i barely read this forum. how much better do you think this forum is than say, small or micro?

Re: Clarifying \"Medium Stakes\"
 

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I a long time microlimit player/poster who has recently moved to Henderson and interested in playing live (probably jumping in at 15/30).


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This doesn't make any sense to me. I've never played microlimit online, but I can't imagine the games are anything like a live 15/30 game.

Why would you do this? Did you scratch up $10k playing .25/.50 on Pokerstars? Am I missing something here?

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I'm doing this because I like to play poker casually. It's not part of my necessary income and I don't plan to play all the time. I'm not particularly concerned about having a 300BB bankroll before I get started.

I didn't play as much casino poker as I had wanted to in San Diego (partly because I was already playing a weekly home game with friends, plus I had priorities which kept me from playing more), but now that I'm so close to lots of games, I would like to make the effort to try to get more live action.

FWIW, in my mind, I've been working with the imagined equality of $1/2 online = $10/20 live. I feel like I could probably hold my own in $5/10 SH, but that's an unproven conjecture. (I didn't want to take up the swings that those games offered on my limited income (grad student), and I chose not to maximize on the bonus whoring in the good ol' days to have a large bankroll built up.)

Re: Clarifying \"Medium Stakes\"
 

Aaron,

Go play 15/30 at least (Bellagio or Wynn; take your pick). Please. If I knew you better I'd probably tell you I'd take your action at the Bellagio 30 games.

Rob

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the wynn is a lot nicer place to play

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I'm doing this because I like to play poker casually. It's not part of my necessary income and I don't plan to play all the time. I'm not particularly concerned about having a 300BB bankroll before I get started.


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OK cool, good luck.

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But before I do that, I want to lurk the forum here to see if my game is roughly on par with the types of games I hope to play.

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You have been missing out on a lot if you haven't been reading this forum.

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joe, i barely read this forum. how much better do you think this forum is than say, small or micro?

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Just read small and middle. Sometimes I read micro to see how players who are still learning think, but not often.

I like high too, but not too much happens there.

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high has an awesome thread about 4 handed with 97s. I don't know if I learned anything, but it was interesting to see the great minds think.

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But before I do that, I want to lurk the forum here to see if my game is roughly on par with the types of games I hope to play.

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You have been missing out on a lot if you haven't been reading this forum.

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joe, i barely read this forum. how much better do you think this forum is than say, small or micro?

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This forum shows flashes of old school Small Stakes as many of those player are still here. The threads dont move as fast through the front page as PrivateJoker keeps a tight ship. I exclusively read this forum and none of the others. What are you reading if not this CDC?

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This forum is where a group of like 15 of us all discuss how to play hands against each other.