Best time of day to play...

[Gatlin Dan]

I recently read a post stating that games are tougher to beat during the work day. I was unable to find anything specific in the search engine about the best time of day to find good games.

What time of day/days of the week is one likely to find the best games?

[mcclintok]

I too have been interested in this and it has been discussed as the following links show. Hope they help.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...294&highlight=

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...pic.php?t=1960

As a side note/update:

1pm to 6pm EST - I have found a high number of players at sites which draw many European players. e.g. Prima sites (see list), Cryptologic sites such as Interpoker.

7pm to 1am EST - often 55,000+ at Party and good player populations at most sites which draw from the North American base.

I believe as previously stated that more players on board (relative to total numbers) means a higher % of weaker players.

[Gatlin Dan]

Great info, I wonder why it didn't come up when I searched "time".
The previous post leads to another question...
Which sites have a large european player base and which sites have a predominant base of North American players?

[Legendash]

From what i can tell all the really big players are predominantly american player bases (ie PP, stars, pacific, paradise) European sites are VCpoker, interpoker, ladbrokes. Its a bit of a pain for european players on american sites if, as you say, it is harder to beat games during the american workday because that is our evening time when i get to play more. If you go on a european site around 7pm ET it'll be midnight, 1am here so there may be some drunk/tired players about, maybe worth a try, if anyone notices a big difference let me know.

[Gatlin Dan]

This is going to sound incredibly dumb, and I'm probably going to open myself up all kinds of shots but, what form of currency do the European sights use: The Euro, Pound, Dollar or a combination of one or more?

I'm hoping the only dumb question is the one that is unasked.

[Cocco_Bill]

This is going to sound incredibly dumb, and I'm probably going to open myself up all kinds of shots but, what form of currency do the European sights use: The Euro, Pound, Dollar or a combination of one or more?

I'm hoping the only dumb question is the one that is unasked.

Some use dollars others use euros...

[mcclintok]

The Prima site I play at uses US$ so I assume the other Prima sites must be US$ as well.

Interpoker is interesting in that they have US$ tables as well as UK pound and Euros. Apparently the rake structure on the UK pound tables is very poor because the max rake at low limit is 3 pounds (about $6) rather than $3 as it is at the dollar based tables. Have not confirmed this personally though, wondered if this is a fact?

[mike4066]

Interpoker is interesting in that they have US$ tables as well as UK pound and Euros. Apparently the rake structure on the UK pound tables is very poor because the max rake at low limit is 3 pounds (about $6) rather than $3 as it is at the dollar based tables. Have not confirmed this personally though, wondered if this is a fact?

this is correct.

The max rake is 3($/Pounds).

[elanto]

I play in superior poker and I cant really tell a difference in players skills depending on the time, I think its the same, it doesnt matter at what time you play


-anto

[Gatlin Dan]

I did notice yesterday that the tables tightened up on me significantly one the early NFL games began. The % of players seeing the flop dropped by an approximate average of 15% on the limits that I was playing. This was a significant enough change that I too left the tables.

[zilch]

My SnG stats show a definite trend for good results for me at 2am Eastern (7am my time). This is due to me being a morning person and I am definelty sharper then and there are lots of drunk/tired Americans. This is one place where Stars has an edge as I can watch the SnG fill and if it is mainly Americans then I will join. I often see a lot of chat about this being there last one before bed and more trash talk than usuall.

[Gatlin Dan]

[quote="zilch"]My SnG stats show a definite trend for good results for me at 2am Eastern (7am my time). there are lots of drunk/tired Americans.

Yes, this country's full of them.

I too find this one of the softer times at stars. I sleep a lot during the day and am awake at night. Taking advantage of a fatigued group of players when you are fresh is a huge advantage.

[thepokerdude]

in my experience, i have found that on weekdays between about 5 PM EST and 9 PM EST, there are a lot of fish. the only reason i could think of is all the people coming home from work need to wind down a bit and drop some bucks on the low end SNG's i frequent. luckily, my messed up work schedule gives me that time off most of the week. as far as ring games, i'm not too sure, but weekends would seem like a good time to find them.