I started playing FR after reading Renton's "why we should play FR" post two months ago. I'm glad I did. One thing he mentions is that the fish are much more pervasive there than at 6-max. It was moderately true at UB, and in the last two weeks I've noticed something else.

In Dec 07, typical weekend traffic on UB at NL10 would have 20 games of 6-max averaging like 50% see-the-flop with maybe 7 - 10 FR games at 30%. Now, there are rarely more than half a dozen 6-max tables (rarely above 40%), but often 30+ FR tables, now with half or more 50% and about 1/6 of them 60%+ see-the-flop.

Has anyone else noticed these kinds of drastic changes at your sites? Or at UB at different levels? FR used to be a bunch of weak-tights, and a wide-open TAGG approach (maybe 20/16) worked well for me. Now, I'm playing TAGG but much tighter (14/12, last 5k hands), now that the Loose-Passives dominate the FR tables.

Oddly, even though most of the tables at 6-max suck, when I find a 6-max table with 50% see-the-flop profile, I find HUGE fish there. So 6-max is very profitable, but I can usually find 1 - 3 tables there worth playing during any given session.

Of course, the mega-fish who now flock to FR more than make up for it.

Just wondering if there's something going on the poker world that's driving it? Doesn't seem to be anything at UB - their bonuses, BBJ tables and other structural details haven't changed. Any thoughts?

BTW, UB sometimes has a reputation in the forums for being too TAGGy for big profits. That is changing big time, at least at NL10 and NL25.