so...last night I signed on to TruePoker for the first time, and even though the format and gameplay is so completely night and day from Party I took 3rd in a $6 NL SnG!

I spent the first half of the tourney switching between playing tight and trying to figure out who did what-when-where-why. I started to get the hang of it by the time 4 people were gone and the blinds were up around 200/400.

all in all, it wasn't a bad experience...it was better than my Party play earlier in the evening.

two $5 SnGs, one NL, one limit, and I took 8th in both.

Maybe it's the amount of people on Party, but it seems like every hand had to end with someone going all-in, just for the hell of it. True felt like people were more reserved and were playing a better, more strategic game.

Anyone else feel this way?

the only thing that struck me odd: on True, we were down to three people, and the chip leader had a huge opportunity to crush the short stack, and he checked the whole way through. It seemed like a forced all-in would have blinded the short stack out on the next hand. The chip leader had no problem putting the pressure on me, every time, though. I don't think it was shady, just out of place, you know?

A large stack is not as intiminated by a small stack. A medium stack, however, could be just one double-through away from catching up w/ the large stack.