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Originally Posted by steve1238
So I have been breaking even for about 100k hands over the last whatever months. This follows being a consistent winner for a couple years and moving up. This also coincides with moving to deep stack tables. Are there too many regs at these to make money? Where do you guys sit? I try to table select if there are enough to pick from but it is usually on the cusp of exactly the number of tables I usually play. Move back to regular tables? Thanks
Noticed the exact same thing finally, granted probably at lower stakes than you and a smaller sample. I started playing half decent volume back in the middle of June and over my first 10-15k hands I was like 9PTBB/100 (I understand that this is not sustainable but I am only playing 10NL) but then over the next 25k hands my winrate was basically just above breakeven. Just last week I finally realized the difference was the initial hands were played at "regular" tables and the breakeven stretch was at deep tables. I promptly went back to regular tables and my win rate has improved again.
Now, I'll be the first to admit that one of my serious leaks is going too far with TP and two pair but I actually buy in to the deep tables for 100bb just like I would on a regular table so it's not like I am getting it in on the flop with TP for 200bb either way.
Ultimately I think the difference is that at the deep tables you are far less likely to find the noobs that help inflate your winrate. Sure they are there, but if you think about it, if you are a noob you are most likely to sit down at a Full Ring table without some sort of funky icon next to it.
I just wish that FTP would make the regular tables 50bb min and assign some funky icon for tables where you can buy in for 20. This way the short stackers can go play their game against each other and the noobs will just continue to sit at the "regular" tables with the 100bb+ crowd.
Yes, I know this is greedy.