After reading how fishy and easy the party nl $25 cash games were, I decided to take a break from PS sngs and whore partyskins for bonuses. I have now played for 1½ weeks on empire and partypoker (while clearing 2 deposit and 1 reload bonus), but I'm only breaking even regarding my play at nl $25 (I have a profit tho, but thats only from bonuses). I simply dont understand why I'm only breaking even. I was told if you quadtable and camp on good hands and play them aggressive, you WILL turn a profit, because of all the fish. I'm almost absolutely sure that it is not variance - I have had some bad beats, and made a couple of bad calls, but its not that I'm running bad in terms of bad beats and cold cards.
I have thought about this, and I think there are mainly 2 reasons why I'm only breaking even.

1. When I catch a monster hand I dont get payed off enough. I heard ppl are fishy a party, but heh, thats not my experience this far. The fish are willing to call ½potsized bets with hands I beat, but rarely any bigger bets. Its hard to drop the fucking hammer with around potsized bets, when the only hands that will call you are hands that have you beat.

2. I think I play at the wrong time of day, when theres not enough fish playing. I play around 19.00-01.00 CET, with is around 12-13.00 to 18-19.00 in the states. Most of the ppl who play at Party are americans, and I can imagine that all the fish play in the evening, while its mostly more experienced players and bonuswhores (who multitable and camp) that play at other times. So maybe I just play at the wrong time of day, when the fishies arent playing. I have noticed that the later i play in the evening the more fishy the tables get - I'm not sure if this is just a coincidence tho.

Anybody who has any thoughts on this? Maybe some of the Euro players who also play at party (estrop or anyone)?


PS: anybody got any tips on table selection? I join the tables with the highest average pots (>$8), and I quit a table if its full of TAggs and campers.