Well, I played for a while last night on a Quiet world against only NCP players. For a long time, all was normal. However, I soon noticed that the NPC folks quit folding. EVER. They would call my raises forever, and even raise themselves a lot. If I got a good hand, I would win 4-5K gold. None of them ever folded. I got up from the table, sat back down ... same thing. I had probably played for over an hour when I noticed it - my ship is currently lost at sea so I didn't have anything else to do.
I would win 1K+ pots and they would all have K-high or A-high, yet none ever folded. I can now afford my War Frigate
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