I'll try to take this a bit more serious than some other CCers...here goes nothing:
I've played my share of donkaments...I mean freerolls, not to mention...waaay too many sngs/mtts, etc,etc.
My question is this then...when I've dabbled, albeit spareingly, in ring games I've noticed more BS bluffs than I remember anywhere else (except maybe DRUNK live games back in college). Therefore, other than a decent BR, what else do I need and what am I to expect when I inevitably get to higher stakes ring games? Same ol' BS or do people actually play the cards are they meant to be played?
...Well, I don't play higher than 2nl. And sometimes 200nl (lol). So, I really can't tell you what you could expect. My understanding is there will always be bad players, no matter what limit you're playing.
Sheer curiosity at this point as my only decent BR lies @ bodog and I hate the skin of the site...couldn't possibly stand to play there day after day...lol. Anyway...I'm a total newb to the ring game action & I'd like to get decent (serious) input.
...Well, if you're serious about getting into ring games, my only advice is to play it. You're always going to run into bad players, no matter what. The idea shouldn't be to try and avoid bad players, it should be how can you adjust your games that'll give you the edge over bad players. Also, if you don't like bodog, get out of there. If you don't like where you're playing at, you probably wont be putting your all into the game and that could cost you.