All casino’s have a few “regulars” at different stakes tables that will grind you down. Most lower stakes tables will also have a few donks, or so you hope. BUT what you don’t know ( for the most part ) is how much “behind” the player across from you has. Sure if you’re sitting and a player is drink’n/boast’n and rebuys wayy too easily… then sure you know he can afford to, but for how long. Obviously @ elite stakes live, you might recognize the players, thus knowing they can afford to be there.
Why I say this, is here @ Replay poker, I see frequently players on tables with huge differences in Bankrolls. I also see across ALL stakes levels, players playing what most of us would consider “Dumb donkish play”. You will see this on ALL ONLINE Poker sites and ESPECIALLY … all FREE Poker sites.
Consider this:
You have a 5/10 table here on Replay ( 9 ppl )… Now, you have 4 ppl trying to play “real” poker who are new and have small Brolls, you have 3 ppl that have 20x+++ the buyin, not new, feed’n off the newbs, and 2 ppl that have 200x+++ the buyin, yet insist in playing true bingo, or damn close to it…
You also have lets say Haggia Sophia or the next 1 up… yet the table makeup Broll wise is the same makeup… 4 ppl that have 2-3x the buyin, 3 ppl that have 20x++ the buyin, and prolly 2 ppl with 200x+++ the buyin…
I hate to break it to ya folks, but I see the same play makeup on both tables… and the stakes didn’t make a damn bit of difference, just where the decimal point lies and how many Zeros are behind it. In both examples… its more of strategy differences between 3 or more groups/types of players, that ends up giving us all, that impression of “online free poker”.
Since 1/2 2/2 is basically the smallest live blinds amount ( never seen .10/.25 or such live ) it will be a fair assumption that you will get a fair range of players as far as bankrolls/skill levels, you’ll just never know it for sure (bank). Pretty sure you’ll also find a wide range of strategies, but all will include “make money” , and thats not the same as “make chips” here. Having play’d both 2/5 FL Holdem and 1/2 NL , both live (and the NL table was in Vegas) … I have always felt that TheRegionals here @ Replay, play as close to “real” poker as you can get.