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Originally Posted by Equus asinus
So what do you think? Is FT really softer like all the Stars regs say, or is Stars softer like all the FT regs say? I'm thinking about switching in Jan.
I don't know. My lifetime sample at $100 at Stars is still too small to base conclusions on. I feel like they play differently, but one is not necessarily harder than the other. Stars plays nittier postflop, but I think it is more aggro preflop.
I just think they need to be played differently. I will say that I usually feel like stars feels easier to me because, in general, you can have more trust in the post flop aggression you face.
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Originally Posted by GoAheadPutMeOnAK
Hey mpethy,
I was lagtarding it up because I was running good the past few weeks. After an unacceptable 7BI loss two nights ago, I've rededicated myself to playing TAG instead of LAG. I've gone from ~21/15 in my previous 30k hands to my old 16/12 for the most recent 5k hands. Best part? Villain's haven't adjusted to my adjustment.
Oh, had to play some non deep tables the past couple of days. I feel secure and comfortable calling opens 4x or 5x with a full range at 200BB. But man at 100BB it just doesn't seem worth it to speculate with the J9sootes. The addition of the non-deeps in my tile is definitely helping me nit up.
Yeah, last night on stars I realized that my table selection criteria were keeping me at 11/9. I mean, on FTP, I select fewest short stacks/highest vpip/biggest pot, without regard to whether they are 100 or 200bb. These selection criteria encourage an uber tight style; it may not be optimal, but it works.
whereas when I was on stars last night and all they had playing 50 bb deep were tables with a max vpip of 17%, i realized that you could steal a lot of blinds by raising really light first in. It was sort of an epiphany--one of the main reasons I play 11/9 at FTP is because I am selecting for tables where somebody else is usually raising.