PartyPoker vs. PokerStars cash games

[samtheman]

Anyone notice how much harder it is on pokerstars in cash games? I've recently decided to try and play all my cash games over there because of there new VIP program, but playing NL200 there is like playing NL400 at party. The people will just not give up hands and will continually push very marginal hands to the river. Anyone else notice this ? My winrate has dropped quiet a bit since I've moved over there. I'm still winning but overall I would be making a lot more on partypoker. I'm going to stick it out over the next month or 2 as I'm determined to get my winrate up, but if I don't I feel I might have to move back over to party. Your thoughts ? I never played the NL50's or anything on stars before but I did play the NL100's and it still was harder than partys but not nearly as bad as NL200 is when comparing the 2 levels to the 2 sites.

[markus]

I pretty much quit playing NL cash games at Stars last summer and haven't looked back since. I made it to NL $100 at Stars and found it to be a rock garden. Even the 6-max tables at Stars are tighter. Just compare the average pot sizes betwen the two sites.

[Clarke]

I find that PokerStars is actually looser than Party once you get up to $3/$6 NL