by T-Rod » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:46 am
FWIW, I just played the bonus at 200NL Stars (6max). I really did NOT like it at all, and was down for the bonus period. The players were savvy but also incapable of folding.
I ran into lots of guys playing 30/20 (where 11% is about average VPIP). They called all kinds of preflop reraises and also CBs.
Let me give you an example. A guy with decent not crazy stats calls my x4bb preflop raise OOP. I have AK. He calls with 99. Standard.
Flop QT3. I make a 3/4 pot CB (my standard) and now he min raises me with 99? Huh. I call.
Turn is a brick. He leads like 6 into a 30 pot. I just call.
River is a J and he leads into me.
That's pretty incredible play for 99. Sure I beat him that time, but I cannot tell you how many times I have to fold unimproved and they are never folding to reraises.
T