That really can’t shut down Pokerstars - it’s just too much fun.
Was in a 0.50/1.00 NL Holdem game last night, bought in with $100, waiting 30 minutes for my wife to get ready to go out. Hit a table with a guy who had apparently been pushing people around, making big bets (for a 0.50/1.00 table) and people were routinely folding to him. I let him drive me off one hand (A-10 hearts, flop was two hearts, next card was spade, didn’t call his $10) on purpose. Got pocket aces, slow played, acted as if I was reluctant to stay with him, flopped A-2-K, bet a dollar, called his 5, couple of other people dropped, one other stayed in. Next card was a 2. Checked, he bet $5, the other person called, I raised him $10. He paused, then tried to drive me out with a $10 raise. The other person ran away, he couldn’t stand it, called. Next card was a Q, I bet $5, he raised to 15, I raised back to 25, he called. Showed my full boat, he mucked. :)
Two hands later I got the nut flush on the flop, for some reason 3 people stayed in all the way to the end, calling all the way. My wife came down, after 30 minutes I’d won $185. :)
Now, that is unusual for me in a .50/1.00 game on Stars - if I win or lose about 30 bucks in an hour thats a normal round. I’m tight/aggressive. I may sometimes lose more to some bad beats (or because I chase a hand too far) and sometimes get a good table and win more. But $185 in 30 minutes or an hour is always possible if you find the right table at Stars.
Oh, to keep this on topic in P&R - um, if Bush and Hillary were playing at my table, I’d take all of Bush’s money and he’d declare it a victory, and I’d take all of Hillary’s and she’d get that high irritating tone in her voice and scream she didn’t lose her money, that was just what Rush and the Right Wingers said.
