Royal Vegas Poker 0.05/0.10 Tables pretty tight?

What's up everyone? I'm new here. First, a little history:

I've recently started playing poker online for real money. I made the mistake of starting on Party Poker with a $100 deposit cause they had a 50% bonus. I was playing on the 0.50/1.00 limit tables and I basically broke even (so I lost about $50 but was able to release the $50 bonus). I've lucked out and have gained some money since then. I kept playing the limit tables until I recently started playing the $25 NL tables. After reading through this forum a bit, I've since realized that I shouldn't be playing at these limits. It's a good thing too cause I'm up to about $140 right now (working on a $20 reload bonus). My plan is to get my $20 and get the hell off of Party until I build up my bankroll. I'll probably start playing on Poker Stars where they have micro-limit tables.

Anyway, I took advantage of Royal Vegas Poker's free $10 and played for a couple hours tonight at the 0.05/0.10 NL tables. I thought everyone would be calling everything but surprisingly, people were playing pretty tightly. It was to the point where there'd be $0.50 in the pot and someone would bet $0.10 on the flop and everyone would fold. People seem to be playing tight/scared on there so it was pretty easy for me to bluff and win quite a few pots. I ended up at about $19 and change before my session was over.

I have 2 questions:

1. Are the people on Royal Vegas normally this tight on the nickel/dime NL tables? If so, it's going to be a lot easier to build up my initial $10 than I thought.

2. Is Poker Stars a good place for me to go with my $60 bankroll I have so I can make some money and learn playing at the microlimit tables? I wouldn't mind just putting the money into Royal Vegas but there weren't enough people playing for my tastes (then again, I'm used to Party where there are tons of people all the time.)

I'll probably start having some specific questions about gameply as I continue to learn this game so I'm looking forward to everyone's input. Take it easy.

PK

Hello and welcome! This is the place to be if you wanna earn some money from online poker.
First, your experience at royal vegas was very odd. Probably you accidentaly sat down at a limit table and didn´t notice. :P
Normally, Royal Vegas NL .05/.10 tables are really loose and a good place to build a bankroll in my opinion.
I believe Poker Stars is a very good place to start at, but remember they have no initial deposit bonus while RV offers 40 % of your initial deposit. With $60 that equals $84 + the $19 you have = >$100 which should be a pretty comfortable BR for the .05/.10 tables.

Thanks for the welcome. So the limit tables are tighter than the NL tables at Royal Vegas? Aren't limit tables normally looser than NL tables since you can chase hands all the way to the river without losing all that much money?

I was definately at the NL tables though since I went all-in once and some other people went all in a couple times. Maybe it had something to do with playing really late at night/early in the morning.

I might take your advice and just play on Royal Vegas. What type of bonus clearning requirements do they have? If it's like Party Poker's (play 5 raked hands for every $1 bonus), I should have no problems making a profit off of the bonus at this level.

So here's my first game-play question. Let's say you flopped 2-pair and you raise the amount in the pot and someone calls. On the river, you double the pot again but someone calls/raises. Is there any way to tell if the person is holding a set and you might want to let your 2-pair go or do you basically count on losing money whenever this situation arises?

PK

Thanks for the welcome. So the limit tables are tighter than the NL tables at Royal Vegas? Aren't limit tables normally looser than NL tables since you can chase hands all the way to the river without losing all that much money?

Uhm yeah that´s true, I was thinking in ways like tight players -> not much money in pot compared to blinds, as in limit. But that was wrong of course, weak betting and tight play aren´t the same. Anyhow, it was a joke so it doesn´t matter too much! :P The limit tables are loose as well.

I was definately at the NL tables though since I went all-in once and some other people went all in a couple times. Maybe it had something to do with playing really late at night/early in the morning.

You never know what kinds of people are out there 5 a.m.

I might take your advice and just play on Royal Vegas. What type of bonus clearing requirements do they have? If it's like Party Poker's (play 5 raked hands for every $1 bonus), I should have no problems making a profit off of the bonus at this level.

I´m not really sure, but I think it´s not as easy to clear as Party but still not very difficult. Say you play at RV until your BR is $200 - by then I´m pretty sure you would have cleared the bonus. I guess there is more info on their homepage.

So here's my first game-play question. Let's say you flopped 2-pair and you raise the amount in the pot and someone calls. On the river, you double the pot again but someone calls/raises. Is there any way to tell if the person is holding a set and you might want to let your 2-pair go or do you basically count on losing money whenever this situation arises?

Where did the turn card go? I assume you mean a split two pair (both your hole cards get paired) and not one where the board is paired and you have the other card. A split pair is generally a very strong hand at the flop but vulnerable as more cards fall. Betting pot sized is therefore a good idea, and keep betting unless the board gets really scary and/or you get a lot of action from your opponents. If someone hit a set on the flop, then congrats to him, you will probably lose a bunch of money to this guy and there´s not much you can do about it. Your only help here is reads on the guy, if he´s a very tight player and he flat calls and then reraises you, you probably should be worried. Also if there are straights, flushes and/or higher two pairs possible and several people are still in after your pot sized bets, it´s time to slow down. In most cases, the people calling your PS bets will be sitting with TPTK or TPGK and pay you off (unless they hit their kicker card on turn or river) and if someone has a set and you lose, so be it. It doesn´t happen too often.