Hi both,
Sorry for the delay in responding.
Common_Man - there is no reason the strategy shouldn't be effective at other
poker rooms - the rooms in the course are just recommendations where we have found the course to work well at.
You've highlighted a general problem with lower limit tables, which is simply put, their unpredictability, in fact each of you have highlighted opposite problems, with Krackers getting too many people chasing even once the pot has been raised, and Common having a situation where everyone is folding to a raise and hence getting no action with our good hands.
It is situational, and you have to adapt the strategy to the situation as in Poker you can't just have a black and white plan of action as every decision and table situation is different.
It does get more predicatable as you move up the stake levels, with more "standard" play.
But on the lower limit tables, you will either have to switch tables until you find one that is working for the strategy, or adjust your actions to the table you are at.
If too many people are calling your raises (ie: more than 2 or so) then start to increase your raises. If they still come along for the ride, then start looking to take the pot down after the flop with significant pot size or more bets if the situation looks good.
If everyone is folding after an opening raise, then reduce the size of the raise to see if that makes any difference maybe to 2x the big blind, if you are still getting the cold shoulder then you can play the limping game and let more people into the pot, but this is at increased risk, as you are now at significantly increased risk of people catching cards against your hand, even if you are going in before the flop with the best hand. Or once again, you can switch tables and see if you can find a better suited table.
It's a hard one to advise on, as each situation can be so different.