Bonus clearing - weak-tight play?

You may give some thought to this as you navigate between games like 1/2 or 2/4 Limit-Hold-Em down to the .50/1 tables while you are clearing a bonus. You'll wonder if your play is too tight as you fold hand after hand waiting for one that you can play. You'll wonder if that, once you do get a hand, if you fold it too easily to any strength shown by other players. Did that other guy bet because he has something? Or better yet, did he raise because he has a monster? He probably does. Don't beat yourself up over folding.

The majority of the players at the lowest limit tables aren't tricky players. Since this is true, you know that the majority of the plays that they make are straight-up plays. Sure, there will be the occasional guy that has watched a little too much WPT on television and try to bluff. In limit poker, however, it is much easier to play your pot-odds and just draw to your hand. You WILL get a monster hand eventually. And if you picked a good table, someone (or more than one!) WILL pay you off. It pays to be patient. Be disciplined. This is why so many winning online poker players will play 3, 4, 6, or more tables at a time. You are just waiting for that moment. That monster hand in a .50/1 limit hold-em game will pay you a $12 or larger pot. That's 12 times the big blind. Let's go over some rough numbers to illustrate.

Let's say you play 3 tables waiting for a monster at a place like Party Poker. Generally you'll get from 40 to 50 hands per hour dealt per table. That's 120 hands minimum. You're paying for 12 rounds of blinds at $9 total. Now let's assume you are only seeing the flop with about 15% of your hands. (You can check this percentage with your stats given by the poker room) Tack on another $9 for those bets. If you only get two good hands during that hour for $12 each, you're still $6 ahead. That's a win rate of 5BB/100. You are a solid winning player and you only won with two hands in an hour!

So you see, you are not playing a weak game. You are simply being patient and disciplined.