This business of adjusting to the ante structure

[ill rich]

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I've found that MM nailed it when he said you can be a winner at stud but the variance is beyond ridiculous.

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that statement i've read is mostly applicable to the higher limit games, where you don't even average 1 big bet per hour.

in the smaller games you don't need to be playing marginal hands to make considerable profit.

the more marginal hands you play, the larger your variance. in the smaller games there isn't much incentive to play a (Ks-Qs)4c, because you're not giving up much when you'll do quite well just waiting for higher quality hands. in a 75-150 game that fraction of a bet you're giving up is magnified, where as you'de pass on it in a smaller game. obviously, that'll increase your variance.

playing is a style with bigger upswings AND downswings (as long as you play well) will win more money in the long run than a tighter style but that tigher style won't have those huge downswings.

i'm skeptical of those players in the $1-$2 games online here saying they are suffering 300 big bet downswings because i'm thinking something is VERY wrong, and they have major leaks. in a small game like that, i think a 100 big bet like that should prompt you to question what's going on - if you're a serious player.