Hands per minute

Ignore that man behind the curtain. This is Oz. Ignore Jarah. She is using her 21 charisma to distract you. (Dungeons and Dragons reference suggested by the dog, not my fault.)

I do not, and I never will, feel the need to sit at a really high stakes to try and grow. In fact, internet free money table poker tends to play like strategy games like Diablo. Gain experience (chips) get new weapons, meet up with the boss monster on the level, and if you've been a good boy or girl or dog, advance to the next level. Trying to advance on my 3.5 million on Absolute has been more painful than passing that kidney stone.

Since I'm fairly random and not concerned about growing as much as the chips, I do tend to investigate other tables. And I always search for what looks the most unreasonable. And I find it.

I started this night on Seward because there was 120+ hands played per hour. Even though this is a turbo table, that's a huge amount of hands, 2 per minute. Willing to lose I wanted to see if the pace would be maintained. It wasn't. When I entered the table people that must have been reacting instaneously to maintain the pace suddenly "have to let the dog in" and sit for 15 seconds before making their poker move. And in general, just wait to see what they can do to make my life uncofmoratble. The upside is that the speed prevented any really obvious rigging.

Table #2, I've switched to yet another 120+ per hour table. Rinse and repeat.

Table#3, you guessed it, another table that slows down, apparently just because of me.

Let's talk about the slow down opposition. Are you scared of me? You should be. But for the amount of hands against people that I've supposedly never met before there's just way too much betting action. Impress me by folding a hand every once in a while. Because even tonight, you logged in, raised and got your ass kicked by someone other than me.

Poker is a competitive game, not a "I'm all in" game.