Hey guys i'm a long time lurker, first time poster, sorry for the upcoming wall of text. I started grinding 2/5 full time about a year ago and have learned a lot from reading HH's so for that I must thank you guys. I've never bothered to add any feedback because my opinion on the hand is already more or less represented (usually fold pre
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After a recent downswing I started analyzing/filtering my stats a bit more and found something I couldn't believe and have no explanation for. Any feedback would be HUGELY appreciated.....
I live in a major North American city with 2 casinos. I generally divide my time pretty evenly between the 2 to keep from feeling like i'm in a robotic routine. What I found after 2k+ hours is my winrate is drastically different between the 2 even though the rake is similar and the player pool is very interchangeable. (side note: I actively table select when possible and always try to get position on the obvious whales)
Casino 1 is downtown, $500 max, 9 handed, rake is %10 capped at $10 + $1 for bbj, pretty much no comps whatsoever and food is expensive. This place is known to have a bit of a looser, gambly game but can definitely be dead and reg infested from time to time, usually only 2 or 3 tables to choose from. Here are my results from there:
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Casino 2 is in a suburb, $500 max, 9 handed, rake is %10 capped at $14 + $1bbj, if you play enough basically your food is taken care of. This place is the classier of the two and will generally attract the more megalomaniac types with the sunglasses and pokerstar jackets (not necessarily crushers but most probably break even types) but there are still plenty of horrific players in the pool who make huge mistakes and give it away pretty easily. Always a minimum of 2 tables open and up to 6 on weekends. Here are my results:
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This can't just purely be "bad luck" at casino 2 can it? It does feel like I'm card dead/running bad there often plus the extra rake but can it really cut my WR by 2 thirds? Am i just a mediocre poker player with access to a juicy game ? I know there is something to be learned and an adaptation to be made but i just can't get a good perspective on it. If anybody has any wisdom to offer I would really appreciate it! Thanks!