[Texas72]

If you don't play on Party, you might want to check it out now. They've started a new "beginners" area that you can only play in for your first 45 days on the site.
So bascially, these tables are full of people new to playing online...and the occasional shark who is there just to feed.

[JasonKirk]

I thought that *all* of Party was a beginner's area.... lol

[blitzfyr]

Ive tried it and its really bad. If i remember correctly the max buy in is $5 for a NL table with blinds of 2c and 4c. I found it really hard to get anywhere because it was hard to force people out of seeing flops so it just became a bit of a luck fest. Plus i usually play at the 25c/50c tables so i quickly got bored and lost my $5.

I guess it is a good idea for those who are genuinely new to poker and not just to the site because you should really be playing with people of a similar standard.

[beriac]

I found precisely the same thing, that everyone wants some action and so everyone sees the flop and too many follow through to the river, resulting in a large number of bad beats and a higher than normal variance. That would be all well and good because we all learned in poker school that bad beats are good for us in the long run, but at $5 buy-in for NL it would take a long time to turn that variance around and make it worthwhile!

Still, it's cool that it's there. Thanks for bringing it up!

[guitarizt]

$5 max buyin? Would probably take a while to make money if you lose to a few bad beats in a row. I might get too frustrated and start calling everything myself! lol

[AGreen]

They have up to $1/2 Holdem now. It's such a kiddie pool, I'm liking it.