Does playing bad players make you a bad player?
I recently bought into Cake Poker; the games there are pretty soft. They bring no fold em hold em to a new level. For example I was called down by a player with K high, against my full house??? I have noticed that I have loosened my starting hands requirements and my GAP is not as wide as it has been in the past. I am now more likely to call pre-flop with a naked Ace, especially when people rarely raise pre-flop.
In the few days that I have been playing on Cake, I have played the .05 .10 NLHE and have yet to have a losing session and I have doubled my buy more times then not. I have played 5 SNG’s and have a 1st and a 3rd and three bubbles due to suck outs. I think I am going to stick the cash for a while on that site, until my bankroll gets to a level that I can play bigger then a $5 SNG.
My challenge is when I play on Full Tilt I am not tightening back up. The .25 .50 level is not filled with pros but the players are still better, then on Cake. I find myself dropping $20 and buying in again and then winning it all back plus some as I tighten back up. I would like to not drop the $20 and just win.
So I need help, what is the best course of action to avoid becoming the players you play? Should I just tighten up on Cake and play less, this will hurt my hourly rate, or is there some secret that can help me play the 2 sites differently?
As a side note, I only bought into Cake for $25 that is the reason for the small stakes. I had to trade money with a friend to get them money on that sight; I was unable to get it on in other ways. Also, since Cake does not allow you to resize your table, and I play on a laptop my tables over lap, this makes it a little difficult for me to play more then 2 tables at a time.
My own personal Iron Man Challenge, I made Bronze last month, I am on pace for silver. As my bankroll increases Gold is not too far of into the future. I am sure if Iron is on the cards for quite sometime, to many days and too many FPP’s per day.
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You might want to just adjust to the table that you are at vs. the site that you are playing. I have seen tighter tables at cake and looser tables at FT. Then it does not matter where you play you have taught yourself to adjust to the table circumstances versus the site.
-Blaz