PS 5CD: Still crazy after all these years

[TomTom]

5CD posts are fewer and fewer. I've been tryin higher fixed limit games on PS (I typically play the micro PL game). Damn if it isn't softer; the bad players are just as bad, and the experts from Kiev are no where to be found.

This gem of a hand came up after 60 hands in a loosing session that made the session +EV all by itself. Check out BB's strong play. And did both CO and button call a cap with just a pair of K's at best?


Limit 5 Card Draw ($2/$4) (PM me for converter link, seems to be censored here)

SB ($61), Seat 3
BB ($132.50), Seat 4
Hero ($57), Seat 5
MP ($171.50), Seat 6
CO ($57), Seat 1
Button ($17), Seat 2

SB posts $1. BB posts $2.

Hero is UTG with [Ah As Th 6s Ac]

Round 1: (1.50 SB)

<font color="red">Hero raises. </font><font color="#666666">MP folds. </font><font color="green">CO calls. </font><font color="green">Button calls. </font><font color="#666666">SB folds. </font><font color="red">BB raises. </font><font color="red">Hero raises. </font>Betting is capped. <font color="green">CO calls. </font><font color="green">Button calls. </font><font color="#666666">BB folds. </font>
Hero discards Th 6s. CO takes 3. Button takes 3.

Hero has [Ah As Ac Qh 9c]

Round 2: (7.75 BB)

<font color="red">Hero bets. </font><font color="#666666">CO folds. </font><font color="green">Button calls. </font>

Pot: (9.75 BB - $39)

Results:
Total pot $39 | Rake $1

Button had [7h 2c 8h 7s 7c].
Hero had [Ah As Qh 9c Ac] and won ($38) with three of a kind, Aces.

[VickreyAuction]

Why did you take 2 instead of 1?

[bigpooch]

The games at 2-4 and higher on PokerStars are sometimes soft
because there are one or two new players. Most of the time,
the game is populated with regulars, so you're in for a
treat if there is even one "newbie". Depending on how poor
your opponents play, drawing one might be better (you may
get a weak opponent to raise you on the end with trips); on
the other hand, you do increase your chances of making a big
hand a tiny bit. At the higher limits (with decent or
tough opponents), drawing two is normal.

This hand reminded me of a 10-20 hand I played eons ago on
PokerStars. I held AAAxy on the button when the utg raised,
the hijack and cutoff both cold called and after the reraise
it was four-way. The draws were three, three(!), one and
one, but I didn't get paid off.

But I thought the PL/NL microgames on PokerStars were often
soft? (I've played them on and off) Isn't that still the
case even now?

[Murakawa]

The 2/4 is not generally soft. I think it's softer than the 1/2 sometimes, look like you sat down at the right time.

stupid UIGEA