Higher stakes doesnt always mean better players

[iceman5]

For those of you building your bankrolls and wondering what the play is like at higher levels, check out these hands.
These are from my session today at Party $200NL..Blinds $2/$4. This is the highest stakes available at Party (god only knows why, but thats another story)

1) MP open raises to $15. Its folded to me. Im in the BB with [Qc]. I normally would fold here but this guy is bad and I want to get in a hand with him, so I call.
Pot is $32 and the flop comes [Qd][Th]. I have top 2 pair which is more than enough to play for my stack against this guy. I check and he bets $30. I check raise to $75 and he goes all in for a total of $200. I call.
Turn
River
He has [9c] and wins with a back door flush. Think about how bad his play was.

2) I have [Qh] in the BB. There are 5 limpers to me so I raise to $25 and get 2 callers
Pot is $88. The flop comes [4c][2c].
I bet $55, UTG calls, MP now goes all in for $140. I call and UTG folds.
Turn and river are garbage.
MP had [3d] and I win a monster pot. He limped then caled $25 with [3d]
I busted him again about 20 mins later when he was playing [6h] UTG

3) Very next hand Im in the SB with [Kd]. Its folded to the button who min raises to $8. I reraise to $20. BB (who was just the UTG in last hand) reraises all in to $125. Button folds and I call.
The flop has a king but I dont need it. He has [8s]

Dont get me wrong, there are good players also, but plenty of fish to go around

[Mad Genius]

Wow. Q8o is a new one. Maybe I will have to go back to Party. Hard to resist whenever you read stories like this.

[Danhdan]

But, my bankroll is small. I am afraid you will take all the fish money by the time I get up to those levels!

Q* offsuit? I love Party Poker!

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[iceman5]

Well, as long as there is 20 person waiting lists, I think theres a good case to be made that the demand is plenty high enough to have more tables and higher stakes tables

[Molina]

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