Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Unless significant resistance is met, the week of 10/17 any cash game hand that does not include at least something to effect of "I just sat down" will be locked, I will link this post and mock the orginal poster.
Thanks for warning me in advance.
Seriously, though, I think compared to you and the other high-volume players most of us have always "just sat down".

e.g.: nowadays I 3- or 4-table 25 & 50NL at empire. My sessions are rarely > 500 hands total. which means 125 hands/12 orbits at each table.

Now in that space you can easily spot a guy like
"UTG+1 is playing 75% of his hand and loves to donk bet"
but
"He's playing a good but loose mix of hands, raising a fair share up and picking good spots to get aggro"
?????????? Boy would I LOVE to know this, but after 5 orbits I've probably seen him in 15 flops (if he's seeing 25%) and show down 5 times ... and 4 of those will be boring (e.g. he showed down top pair). And as noted before, if I'm quadding it's often not possible to notice that much.

All I usually know is when I've got a note on a player that I caught heshe playing J5s for a raise in LP.

(I feel at liberty to take up some time here 'cause I think it was my flush-draw posts that prompted this. I'll move the rest of my thoughts to a non-announcement thread.)