I played 1000 some hands last night. I've noticed some things. Everyone is super nitty preflop. The player pool doesn't 3-bet enough, they get married to their hands postflop. They double barrel too much. I ran into an interesting spot where I may have gone too thin. I made the play based on the fact that I think the player pool is reluctant to fold a fullhouse with lower pocket pairs.
Here is an interesting hand that I played:
HJ with $4.11 stack opens $0.15
I 3-bet to $0.55 with K
K
in BB
HJ calls
Flop($0.71) A
J
4
I check
He checks
Turn($0.71) A
J
4
A
I check
He checks
River($0.71) A
J
4
A
A
I shove all-in
He calls with A
8
Going into the flop I calculated an SPR of about 3. To my horror I realize that the flop had a lot of money taken out. Without rake it would have been $1.12. The flop was only $0.71. This means 37% of the pot was raked before the flop was seen. SPR was actually 5 where in a normal game it would be about 3.
In hindsight perhaps pot sized bet on river and fold to a raise is better.
Now I understand why everyone is so nitty preflop. I wish I had figured out how the rake works before playing instead of finding out the hard way. I assumed it was somewhere between 5% to 10%, but damn 37% of the pot. That is a lot!