from 5/10 to 10/20 t o15/30

[Nitrayn]

This is my first post on this forum.

I have been playing poker seriously for over a year now. I live outside of Chicago, so the live card room scene is not that great. I have been to Tunica 2xs and Vegas 3xs in the last year. I play mostly NL...the limit I have played has been 5/10 and I have had a hard time adapting.

I realize that you need bad players making bad calls for you to profit in poker. But every single hand in 5/10 it seems has 4 people going to showdown...at least 3. So, if you get a hand, say JJ, and raise...get 3 callers...and dont get a J, now what? or even if you flop trips and there is 2 to a flush or straihgt, its been my experience that 1 if not 2-3 people will chase whatever the hole way and usually get lucky. It drives me NUTS

I almost jumped into a 10/20 game at the Mirage last week in Vegas, to see if people would lay down some crap(or atleast 1/2 the table will) Does it make a difference, or at any lower stake do people just call and call and call.

My motto is, you want 2 or 3 bad players at every table, not 6 in every pot