Do lower stakes players go all in more than higher stakes?

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I’m new on online poker (that’s why I’m playing low stakes sit & go), but I guess I’ve studied sufficient time to know some plays.
First I started playing “play money” at pokerstars.. but the more “free” or lower stakes, it looks like players go to show down much more times than higher stakes (the same applies to freerolls, too much loose players) .
Do you think that happen or I’m going crazy?
 
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Players at freeroll and micro levels are generally new to poker or bad at poker. Sure there are a few good players but on average most are novice or bad.

This means they will overplay marginal hands, chase draws with zero odds and make calls with absolute air for no reason in particular.

Key to micros is to not bluff much and value bet your strong hands. Unless you have several hundred hands against a certain opponent or a note to the contrary just assume they can't tie their own shoes.
 
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"All in" is an integral part of the game. All in all the time is a freeroll, I don't care, maybe I'll get lucky move.

You can beat em you can join em, just don't let em get you down.
 
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I’m new on online poker (that’s why I’m playing low stakes sit & go), but I guess I’ve studied sufficient time to know some plays.
First I started playing “play money” at PokerStars.. but the more “free” or lower stakes, it looks like players go to show down much more times than higher stakes (the same applies to freerolls, too much loose players) .
Do you think that happen or I’m going crazy?
I think you and I are gonna go crazy. The desire for profit will destroy our joint contributions.
 
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Play money is just play money, people are agressive because they have nothing to lose. At pokerstars if they lose all their
chips they can get 12,500 chips every 4 hours, so gamble and
and go all in. Freerolls at poker school are every 4 hours so if
lose one wait ,play in the next one. Cash games are more resonable
because they have more to lose.
 
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You have nothing or close to nothing to lose at low limits, that's why as a player you consider all in as a preferred option to increase your chances to win the pot.
 
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That is the beauty of NL holdem. The ability to shove on any given street. I believe you will find in lower stakes more hands will be all in due to a wider range of opens and shoves. while in the higher stakes you will typically find tighter ranges and therefore find more coin flips and coolers when the players are going all in. That is my take on it.
 
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Well let's say it like this... if you are able to manage your bankroll, you can go all in in every hand, because all the games you can afford are just like freerolls for you right now. If a shark smells blood, he will test you. You fold, he will bet again just for seeing you sweating.
Did I mak a point?
 
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I think you and I are gonna go crazy. The desire for profit will destroy our joint contributions.

Sorry to double post but exactly this is the problem... the desire and youtube.
You see rich people playing, just imagine they are all millionaires like CF Barcelona.
They don't care, they are gonna win anyway and if they have to rebuy 10 times to get their chips back, they will just DO IT! Profit? Yeah, sometimes....:boring:
 
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You see it constantly in freerolls, all in first hands multiway with unsuited rags. Have to be disciplined and wait for your turn in poker.
 
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It is like a bingo.If you dont have serious money on the table dont yammer about it.
 
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I think that you find more all ins at the lower limits than you do at higher limits.

One is due to the recreational players playing for fun and like the rush of going all in. They are not playing the game to really win money, they are in for the action and much more willing to put it on the line and take the ride.

I think others use it as a "strategy." Many players are afraid to make a decision so will go all in to prevent having to make a decision on later streets.
 
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You have nothing or close to nothing to lose at low limits, that's why as a player you consider all in as a preferred option to increase your chances to win the pot.

I disagree. If all you have is five cents in your account and you're playing your one cent entry into a Jackpot free roll game where the prize pool is decent (..I probably won't win but I will have a chance to place..) and you could gain leader board points leading towards more cash if you place then you will be playing to the best of your ability. Personally, I like to see as many cards as possible with the least associated cost before I make my decision to go all in or not.

Good question and I've observed a disproportionate amount of all-in's during the first ten or fifteen minutes of these games. This is where I will usually be waiting out this frenzy while sipping on my coffee...
 
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Play money is an all in fest. Micro stakes is usually players still learning the game and as a consequence the novelty usually hasn't worn off the "All in!". I do find I have to call lighter in micros just because people don't know what is good or bad.
 
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