PokerSsilent-kill-2814092w agoGeneral Discussion

best poker if you want the easiest opponent selection possible.

It feels like every time I sit down at a No Limit Holdem table lately, I end up surrounded by folks who clearly spend half their life watching solver videos. Maybe I’m just getting unlucky with my seat draws, but it's getting tougher to find legit soft tables where the skill gap is obvious. Is there a better poker variant or site structure for picking off the most casual players without having to hunt all night? I keep hearing mixed things about PLO and even mixed games, but the last thing I want is to run into a bunch of specialists who treat the game like chess. Anyone got any recent experience or advice?

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silent-kill-281409•20 days ago•2 replies

Nah, the “better variant” thing is the wrong hunt. The easiest seats I’ve found are low-stakes tournaments on rooms pushing sportsbook promos during NFL weekends, same crowd that sprays parlays will torch chips postflop, and that’s been way more reliable than chasing some exotic format.

SgtTenor366•20 days ago

Slots guys in cheap MTTs are softer than Zoom, by plenty.

bimse0940718•20 days ago

NFL weekends, sure, but blackjack side-bet guys are the same species. Saw a $55 donk punt three bullets before first break.

Mentallist794•20 days ago

nah, sports betting fish softer rn

khrysten287•20 days ago

Roulette's softer than poker if you want easy picks. Less skill, more drift

rokudanmas1,063•20 days ago

The part people keep skipping is the site structure. If a room uses anonymous seating or fast-fold junk, your “opponent selection” is basically gone before the first card lands, and that’s not bad luck, that’s the rake machine working as designed. Mixed games sound cute until you sit in razz and realize the only three guys there have been aging in that chair since bush was president. I’d rather take the tuition and leave than pretend there’s hidden value there. Softer games are one thing. Specialist puddles are another, yesss.

cimedelstein240•20 days ago•4 replies

I chased soft PLO tables and got COOKED. Roulette attracts way more true casuals. In poker, pineapple's been softer for me than Hold'em.

fuhhbreezey125•20 days ago

Roulette's not opponent selection, it's just lighting money up. Crazy pineapple does stay softer than hold'em.

palox2,270•20 days ago•2 replies

Yeah but crypto casinos softer

bobocelu533•20 days ago

nice take

m72629654825•20 days ago

true

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