Aggression at teh Fullring Games these days

I was always used to alot of aggression at NL400 and 600 but NL200 was always kinda soft in case of this - even BvB for the most part. However after the last sessions I seriously have to reevaluate here...
I remember back maybe 1.5years ago when I was 4bet/bluffing JJ Blind vs. Blind and prayed "please don't ship, please don't ship, plz don't ship" and after I got shipped on I had a tough decision... (don't wanna discuss here anyways if it was clever 4betting JJ in the first place when I'm afraid to get it in but w/e).
However these days when I 4bet JJ BvB I'm shouting something like "ship it" or "ez game", fistpumpsnap and open the Dom in the meanwhile.
Pretty sick when you have the exactly same hand in the exact same spot sometimes even vs. teh same opponents like 1.5years ago but what was a bluffcatcher once is a big premium moneymaker now. Conclusion: Games are evolving - variance is increasing.
I'm not 100% sure why this development is so drastic but I assume it is something like 25% because my own game got more aggressive and 75% because games in general got more aggresive.

Here some sample hands I experienced over the last days. I cannot remember 5 hands if I think about the whole last year where an opponent was stacking of with a pair smaller than TT or an unpaired hand smaller than AQ preflop Blind vs. Blind for 100BBs vs. me:

1: this is vs jj_raise, a 6max reg who lately started playing FR. I don't had particular history with him but he seems to be extremly spewy and insanely aggressive. So pretty much the standard 6max midstakes kind of guy. His shove here is beyond terrible - I probably would've even called 99 here if I decided to 4bet this for some reason.

PokerStars Game #58949874808:  Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/10 4:36:02 CET [2011/03/09 22:36:02 ET]

Table 'Gefion XII' 9-max Seat #5 is the button

Seat 1: Preferaltits ($125.10 in chips)

Seat 2: OMGJohnWU ($203 in chips)

Seat 3: pokerninjasf ($218.25 in chips)

Seat 4: ChiTwnChris ($74.95 in chips)

Seat 5: TimStone ($200 in chips)

Seat 6: Que1620 ($334.30 in chips)

Seat 7: jj_raise ($200 in chips)

Seat 9: Clife ($87.80 in chips)

Que1620: posts small blind $1

jj_raise: posts big blind $2

natsbepro: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to TimStone [Ac As]

Clife: folds

Preferaltits: folds

OMGJohnWU: folds

pokerninjasf: folds

ChiTwnChris: folds

TimStone: raises $2 to $4

Que1620: folds

jj_raise: raises $13 to $17

TimStone: raises $23.15 to $40.15

jj_raise: raises $159.85 to $200 and is all-in

TimStone: calls $159.85 and is all-in

*** FLOP *** [2h 4s Ks]

*** TURN *** [2h 4s Ks] [Jd]

*** RIVER *** [2h 4s Ks Jd] [Ad]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

jj_raise: shows [4c 4d] (three of a kind, Fours)

TimStone: shows [Ac As] (three of a kind, Aces)

TimStone collected $398 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $401 | Rake $3

Board [2h 4s Ks Jd Ad]

Seat 1: Preferaltits folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: OMGJohnWU folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: pokerninjasf folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: ChiTwnChris folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: TimStone (button) showed [Ac As] and won ($398) with three of a kind, Aces

Seat 6: Que1620 (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 7: jj_raise (big blind) showed [4c 4d] and lost with three of a kind, Fours

Seat 9: Clife folded before Flop (didn't bet)

2: in this hand moneymike is the villain. he is around forever at 200NL, kind of nitty and even if the hand looks standard I had to think about it because he is folding 85% to a 4bet in this exact spot. In the end I have AKo however. I'm not thrilled calling it off but basically will not fold this kind of hand to anybody ever besides Vincent Wille and Daniel Weinman. I'm highly surprised when he shows up with T9s - I mean if he is shipping this what kind of hands is he folding when he folds 85% over large sample there??? 


PokerStars Game #59051852689:  Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/12 2:38:47 CET [2011/03/11 20:38:47 ET]
Table 'Gallia VII' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: dh7889 ($362.05 in chips)
Seat 2: sirfreddy83 ($186.65 in chips)
Seat 3: nakinoe ($387.40 in chips)
Seat 4: TimStone ($210.30 in chips)
Seat 5: moneymike7 ($219.20 in chips)
Seat 6: bripas ($192.80 in chips)
Seat 7: skars07 ($214.55 in chips)
bripas: posts small blind $1
skars07: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TimStone [As Kd]
dh7889: folds
sirfreddy83: folds
nakinoe: folds
TimStone: raises $2 to $4
moneymike7: raises $12 to $16
bripas: folds
skars07: folds
TimStone: raises $24 to $40
moneymike7: raises $179.20 to $219.20 and is all-in
TimStone: calls $170.30 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($8.90) returned to moneymike7
*** FLOP *** [2d Td 6c]
*** TURN *** [2d Td 6c] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [2d Td 6c 9d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TimStone: shows [As Kd] (a flush, King high)
moneymike7: shows [Tc 9c] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
TimStone collected $420.60 from pot
TimStone said, "jeje"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $423.60 | Rake $3
Board [2d Td 6c 9d 3d]
Seat 1: dh7889 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sirfreddy83 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: nakinoe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: TimStone showed [As Kd] and won ($420.60) with a flush, King high
Seat 5: moneymike7 (button) showed [Tc 9c] and lost with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 6: bripas (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: skars07 (big blind) folded before Flop

3: here I get it in good again vs. a small pocket BvB. Villain is eunhobae who grinded his way up from NL25 to 200 and is more or less crushing (probably running good though). He plays a pretty unorthodox style with alot of limping, limp/raising and overshipping but it seems to pay off for him. His shove here is pretty meh but since we have definitely some dynamic going on I think it is not as bad as ship in hand No1.



PokerStars Game #59006856434:  Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/11 6:54:22 CET [2011/03/11 0:54:22 ET]
Table 'Ocllo XII' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: chupoptero ($713.50 in chips)
Seat 2: ShanZ ($240.30 in chips)
Seat 3: stupotz ($938.10 in chips)
Seat 4: TimStone ($200 in chips)
Seat 5: eunhobae ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: Kingcovey ($203.35 in chips)
Seat 7: Liza_plus_EV ($84 in chips)
Seat 8: denitz21 ($200 in chips)
Seat 9: shnizzel ($200 in chips)
eunhobae: posts small blind $1
Kingcovey: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TimStone [Qh Qc]
Liza_plus_EV: folds
denitz21: folds
shnizzel: folds
chupoptero said, "heunabaeeeeeeeee"
chupoptero said, "nh"
chupoptero: folds
ShanZ: folds
stupotz: folds
TimStone: raises $2 to $4
eunhobae: raises $14 to $18
chupoptero said, "tell me YW"
Kingcovey: folds
chupoptero said, "please"
TimStone: raises $22 to $40
eunhobae: raises $160 to $200 and is all-in
TimStone: calls $160 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [2d 4h Jd]
*** TURN *** [2d 4h Jd] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [2d 4h Jd Jc] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
eunhobae: shows [5s 5h] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
TimStone: shows [Qh Qc] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
TimStone collected $399 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $402 | Rake $3
Board [2d 4h Jd Jc 7h]
Seat 1: chupoptero folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ShanZ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: stupotz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: TimStone (button) showed [Qh Qc] and won ($399) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 5: eunhobae (small blind) showed [5s 5h] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Seat 6: Kingcovey (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Liza_plus_EV folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: denitz21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: shnizzel folded before Flop (didn't bet)




4: here a little other hand were I squeeze for value and got 4bet by the coldcaller. I hate his play and I think it is insanely minus EV even though the table is shorthanded. He is repping nothing but I don't know if he is thinking enough to realize this. He has never a big pair and basically never AK in this spot so I have him smoked everytime. I don't really mind his 4bet there but I think when you 4bet here it's a 4bet/fold with blockers even if it is s00ted...

PokerStars Game #59006343208:  Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/11 6:30:52 CET [2011/03/11 0:30:52 ET]

Table 'Spicer V' 9-max Seat #7 is the button

Seat 2: cb4mvp ($267.40 in chips)

Seat 6: zbpoker ($200 in chips)

Seat 7: hotwussy ($204.60 in chips)

Seat 8: Omega1974123 ($131.35 in chips)

Seat 9: TimStone ($202 in chips)

Omega1974123: posts small blind $1

TimStone: posts big blind $2

BIG PERM 386: sits out

jmh306: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to TimStone [Kc As]

cb4mvp: folds

zbpoker: raises $4 to $6

Ronfar3 joins the table at seat #3

hotwussy: calls $6

Omega1974123: folds

TimStone: raises $20 to $26

zbpoker: folds

hotwussy: raises $28 to $54

TimStone: raises $148 to $202 and is all-in

hotwussy: calls $148

*** FLOP *** [9h Qs 5h]

*** TURN *** [9h Qs 5h] [3h]

*** RIVER *** [9h Qs 5h 3h] [7s]

TimStone said, "well played"

*** SHOW DOWN ***

TimStone: shows [Kc As] (high card Ace)

hotwussy: shows [Qh Ah] (a flush, Ace high)

hotwussy collected $409 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $411 | Rake $2

Board [9h Qs 5h 3h 7s]

Seat 2: cb4mvp folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: zbpoker folded before Flop

Seat 7: hotwussy (button) showed [Qh Ah] and won ($409) with a flush, Ace high

Seat 8: Omega1974123 (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 9: TimStone (big blind) showed [Kc As] and lost with high card Ace

5: last but not least 2 examples with my new premium hand JJ: this is vs. my good buddy RobertFripp who is extremly aggressive a pretty good player imo. Don't like the his ship too much bc KQo is massively dominated by everything but as we see he has life cards and almost binked it. Lucky me ;)

PokerStars Game #59035732375:  Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/11 21:19:03 CET [2011/03/11 15:19:03 ET]

Table 'Sculptor II' 9-max Seat #4 is the button

Seat 1: chirak1982 ($81.75 in chips)

Seat 2: americo71032 ($215.80 in chips)

Seat 3: TimStone ($217 in chips)

Seat 4: gl79 ($80 in chips)

Seat 5: RobertFripp2 ($231.25 in chips)

Seat 6: sgzoe ($200 in chips)

Seat 8: Alex12690 ($200 in chips)

Seat 9: LiraMaker ($151.45 in chips)

RobertFripp2: posts small blind $1

sgzoe: posts big blind $2

EMPshockwave: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to TimStone [Js Jc]

Alex12690: folds

LiraMaker: folds

chirak1982: folds

americo71032: folds

TimStone: raises $2 to $4

gl79: folds

RobertFripp2: raises $10 to $14

sgzoe: folds

TimStone: raises $26 to $40

RobertFripp2: raises $191.25 to $231.25 and is all-in

TimStone: calls $177 and is all-in

Uncalled bet ($14.25) returned to RobertFripp2

*** FLOP *** [Qd 8h 7d]

*** TURN *** [Qd 8h 7d] [Jd]

*** RIVER *** [Qd 8h 7d Jd] [Ac]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

RobertFripp2: shows [Qc Ks] (a pair of Queens)

TimStone: shows [Js Jc] (three of a kind, Jacks)

TimStone collected $433 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $436 | Rake $3

Board [Qd 8h 7d Jd Ac]

Seat 1: chirak1982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: americo71032 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: TimStone showed [Js Jc] and won ($433) with three of a kind, Jacks

Seat 4: gl79 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: RobertFripp2 (small blind) showed [Qc Ks] and lost with a pair of Queens

Seat 6: sgzoe (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: Alex12690 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: LiraMaker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

6: last example for the day is vs. some sort of new reg. He seems to be extremely aggressive but I'm not sure if he really knows what he is doing. He 3betting about 10% (lol) and I saw him later coldcalling with AKs on a deep table when a fish shipped 200BB over an openraise which was pretty lol as well but the guy might to enjoy variance...



PokerStars Game #59047680449:  Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/12 1:02:34 CET [2011/03/11 19:02:34 ET]
Table 'Jablunka II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: frosty012 ($202.90 in chips)
Seat 2: moneymike7 ($210.40 in chips)
Seat 3: cheeksmtg ($245.25 in chips)
Seat 4: btren ($113.30 in chips)
Seat 5: TimStone ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: RobertAlbia ($224.35 in chips)
Seat 7: AltyAA ($344.95 in chips)
Seat 8: SetzerMason ($200 in chips)
Seat 9: c2darok ($149.05 in chips)
RobertAlbia: posts small blind $1
AltyAA: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TimStone [Jc Jd]
SetzerMason: folds
c2darok: folds
frosty012: folds
moneymike7: folds
cheeksmtg: folds
btren: folds
TimStone: raises $2 to $4
RobertAlbia: folds
AltyAA: raises $11 to $15
TimStone: raises $25 to $40
AltyAA: raises $260 to $300
TimStone: calls $160 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($100) returned to AltyAA
*** FLOP *** [8s Ac 2c]
*** TURN *** [8s Ac 2c] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [8s Ac 2c 7h] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AltyAA: shows [Jh Kh] (high card Ace)
TimStone: shows [Jc Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
TimStone collected $398 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $401 | Rake $3
Board [8s Ac 2c 7h Qc]
Seat 1: frosty012 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: moneymike7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cheeksmtg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: btren folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TimStone (button) showed [Jc Jd] and won ($398) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 6: RobertAlbia (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: AltyAA (big blind) showed [Jh Kh] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 8: SetzerMason folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: c2darok folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Final conclusion of all this: Let's make Fullring the new 6max. Let's get in AJ+ and 88+ BvB as a default. I mean it's alot more fun for everybody and a little bit more variance will make nobody broke! Amirite? Wait...