Lol I’ve actually taken it a few times in casinos I don’t play much to hide my natural lag style. Most people read it as a sign of an Uber nit.
Of course, the standard rule applies that 99% of people at my 2/5 game are not paying attention at all to anything their opponents are doing.
People still way overrate solvers for live games.
The theory behind what a solver is telling you is important to understand. Playing with those frequencies in most live games, or spending a lot of time a week studying specific spots is a bad idea.
Most people use solvers so they can say they spent a lot of money on a program and make social media posts about it.
People sometimes adjust if you throw it in your face.
I am capable of folding pre for an hour straight without playing a hand because I’m bored or making a move because I think they should think I’m tight.
Holy shit, the bad beat/ high hand drops tilt me to no end, I would be ecstatic if I could have a no bad beat button, omg. I love it if people think I’m a total nit.
99.9% of the time people who take the no bad beat button are actual Uber nits though.
It varies by region but even in places that take no cut they can screw over the players pretty badly. Like Encore in Boston is apparently closing their poker room but has to distribute the players’ funds in the BBJ/promo fund. So they are, but while they do, the cap on rake is like $10 a hand and there are no time games.
I agree with most of what you said, but you can use a lot of the info from studying solvers to adjust very profitably. Especially by altering ranges or node locking.
I was playing 2/5 NL at Orange City in Florida. The nits and guys who have off pro-ish vibes wanted to make it 5/5 which wasn’t high hand eligible. The fun players wanted to keep it 2/5. I wanted to facepalm.
The guys who get overly pushy for bigger games are really annoying. But being able to play a bigger game AND not have to drop for HH is kinda nice, so it’s hard to fault them for it
Yah but are they profitable in poker or not?
My main game has probably been PLO4 at 1/2 and I’d say it has actually gotten a little better than 5 years ago due to COVID. I seriously doubt there’s any RTA going on. Seems like maybe a couple of the better pros have done a bit of solver work. I’m also mixing in a lot of PLO5 and solvers have only recently come out and it’s also much more complex with all the cards (but more susceptible to hole card sharing).
I’ve actually been putting in a lot more studying, hoping to break out of my 1/2 rut and into 5/10 games. RTA use is something I’m wary of, but I’d say at my stakes or lower, it isn’t a concern yet.
When Snoqualmie Casino closed their poker room, they used the BBJ money to fund some “poker” table game jackpot.
Isnt that a big jump? Seems odd to go from 1/2 games to 5/10 games, no? I mean I’m sure you’ll crush whatever stakes you play, just wondering why you’d go straight to 5/10
I meant I’m planning to work my way up to 5/10. 
2/4 next
On the PokerNews podcast they did a postmortem of the interview and Sarah Herring went with “I’m a content creator and digital marketer, not a journalist.”
Well, duh. Shockingly, Bryn Kenney would only talk to her. The main thrust was that social media has a lot of mean people who give undeserved criticism to someone trying her best.
PN did insist on a live interview so BK couldn’t threaten to sue to stop it from being put online if he said something he regretted.
@Watevs makes a good point
https://twitter.com/dmbakes/status/1519868878473494529?s=21&t=lSqv72EAvyHXp-luMCnGAQ
I plan on losing more HORSE dollars than that.
Somewhat on this topic, if I’m in Vegas in early June and want to play O8 or mix, what are likely to be my best options?
Depends on what buyin you want.
Say I want something in the 8/16-20/40 range?