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is zoom harder than regular ? is zoom harder than regular ?

08-15-2017 , 01:30 AM
played 579K hands of regular
60K hands of zoom

my EV bb/100 is about 1bb less when i play zoom. samething for the majority of people ?
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08-15-2017 , 02:25 AM
That you may not be able to get quite so good reads (if you're paying attention yourself to standard games, if you're letting your database do your work for you zoom will collect on the player pool faster) should be offset by being able to play many more hands - bb/100 being lower only becomes an issue if it becomes that much lower that your $/hr decreases (or disappears)
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08-15-2017 , 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by OhEllNo
played 579K hands of regular
60K hands of zoom

my EV bb/100 is about 1bb less when i play zoom. samething for the majority of people ?
My thought is that opening ranges are a bit stronger in Zoom, so that would probably account for the lower win rate.
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08-15-2017 , 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by sixfour
That you may not be able to get quite so good reads (if you're paying attention yourself to standard games, if you're letting your database do your work for you zoom will collect on the player pool faster) should be offset by being able to play many more hands - bb/100 being lower only becomes an issue if it becomes that much lower that your $/hr decreases (or disappears)
i only consider bb/100 because i play the maximum nb of tables as possible.

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Originally Posted by Hrmmmm
My thought is that opening ranges are a bit stronger in Zoom, so that would probably account for the lower win rate.
i think too but was wondering if its just an appearance or if its known by fact that zoom is harder...
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08-15-2017 , 04:09 AM
If you are playing on stars 25nlz or below, the Zoom pools are unbelievably fishy (and getting fishier everyday). There are adjustments to be made if you are playing zoom (not gonna get inta that, as it will just kick off a BQ p**ssing contest) but basically stars 25nlz and below are very beatable.

I quit ps 50 nl reg speed because all the table selecting, changing, managing drove me nuts and somewhere along the line pkr is supposed to be fun.

Haven't played zoom 50nlz and above so no comment on those....yet

and yes, I know Stars rakeback sucks the big hairy meatball, but whatever, I like playing with a lot of fish, so it works for me
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08-15-2017 , 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by OhEllNo
played 579K hands of regular
60K hands of zoom
my EV bb/100 is about 1bb less when i play zoom. samething for the majority of people ?
Yes. The majority of players will have lower winrates in fast-fold games. It's hard to win big pots when players are encouraged (by the format itself) to fold their marginal hands and move on to the next.
The looser players are found on the regular tables, where it seems that boredom is one factor that causes players to enter the pot with trash hands.
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