Gave Level Correlation to Actual Stakes
I was wondering if the site had any thoughts on how the different game levels here compare to how the game is actually played at different stakes, either online or live? I understand that online games tend to be a lot tougher vs their live counterparts at the same stakes so maybe a chart for each if possible?
As an example, "Big City Lights" is listed as a 20/40 game for this site's purposes - what is the best approximation of actual live (online) stakes this game level corresponds to? Same for each of the levels here.
I think it would be helpful for people to know what they are training for so they can go out and try under real world conditions. It would be bad if someone who is crushing the 10/20 game here thought that meant they were ready to jump into 10/20 live, never mind online.
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This is a very difficult question to answer. As you probably know, you can change the blind levels on our game - so you can get the difficulty of "Big City Lights" and play it at 1/2 level. The blind levels listed on the site as a default are meaningless - they aren't supposed to correlate to anything in particular.
The issue is that games are just so different everywhere. Obviously online is much more difficult than live, but even within live games there is huge variance. I think you could find 1/2 games live that probably are close to Big City Lights. You also can find some 1/2 games that are more like KGB. That's somewhat the idea of having the different games - find one that matches more closely to the style/skill of the games you play.
Sorry if this isn't a specific answer, but there isn't really any way to give one other than to say "ignore the default blind levels, they don't mean anything". I'd recommend setting the blind levels to whatever level you typically play (so that you get a better feel for bet-sizing, etc.), and find a level/options that come close to matching your game.
Excellent idea about changing the blind levels to practice bet sizing. Sadly, I did not think about this when asking the question and so I phrased it clumsily. Would have been better to ask about the levels of bots rather than levels of blinds. My bad. Still, you addressed the unasked question with the #1 answer in all of poker, "it depends".
Thanks much.
best way to do this is go play the real money game you desire then come back to the training site and find the one that feels the same...it will take some volume but its worth it...
my one two live casino game plays like phils garage lol
Where is that game? I want to come play lol.
There are some pretty weak live games out there. I think the online games are so much more consistently tough, and the live games just are all over the place.
Harrah's casino in Cherokee NC....if your ever in distance you'll make good money....even two five plays on the mile high summer on APT lol
WSOP Circuit comes twice a year
I was just there in March, but didn't have time to play. I'll have to play there sometime. I'm taking a group of scouts up to Waynesville area for a camp this summer. Might have to go off site and head to Harrahs for a little while lol.
lol...indeed..... craziest pot i ever had at one two at harrahs was getting it all in with AKs pre flop with a table full of gamblers...got three callers....i had $300 and they both had me covered....long story short board had a Queen and jack on the run out with some low cards....i asked if anyone had a pair and both said no lol....so i said ACE high wins ???......i showed then drug in the $900