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Moving up (from 0.25NL to 0.5NL )

Postby AlexMR » Mon May 09, 2005 12:55 am

Hi Everyone,

I have been playing now for 4 month. April was my first winning month and after starting to practice what I learned here and with much reading everywhere, I find the 0.25NL really EASY!

I am playing with very low variance and still know (have identified them, mostly with PT) of many, many bad things about my play. What was definitive to start winning was to stop calling when somebody has outdrawn me (dont know why I couldnt believe I was beat, had to SEE!!). I still do it but, I am also working on that.

My stats, for the last month are:

VP$IP = 29%, PFR = 9%, AF = 1.9 , W$WSF 34.5%, W$WSD = 52% (I still need to fold more), winnings 7.89BB/100

That is for 6handed and full ring. For Full ring I am rated TAA with only 21% VP$IP, and for 6handed I am sLAA with almost 38% of VP$INP. This rating was changing all the time (6handed) from sLAA to Vanilla and forth because I find players at 6seat tables to be extremely loose and aggressive, so I, sometimes, just play tight and let them command until the river, where I bet the pot big. I am being called. And this startegy is making money! so I dont complain...

Given those stats, what do I have to know before going up to 0.50BB NL tables?

Any strategy change to keep winning when I start there?

What should I expect? Different moves? More aggressive players/plays?

My bankroll is now only 850+. I will get to 1000 this week (I hope). I think I am comfortable with 20 buy ins, so with that I am OK.

Thanks to all of you, I have been winning for almost 2 month and you are responsible of that!

:D
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Postby iceman5 » Mon May 09, 2005 9:21 am

There will be no difference in the play at the $50 game. You just have to get used to the bigger bets and raises. You cant back down to a $7 turn raise just because its $7. If you have a hand that you wouldve called a $3.50 raise in the $25 game, then you have a hand that would call a $7 raise in the $50 game.

That takes some getting used to each time you move up.

When I play $200 NL, I will raise to $12 with AK after a limper with no hesitation, but when I play $1000NL, I have to make that raise $60. Then when the flop hits, I have to fire out $100 with absolutley nothing alot of the time. Its tough but you have to do it.
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Postby Suhleafs » Mon May 09, 2005 4:29 pm

That is I think one of the most difficult parts of moving up a betting level. Not only do your followup bets double, on a missed AK after a PF raise and such, you also have to face decisions where they "seem" much harder. Eg. You raise 4x with Queens, the flop is 873, you bet 8x the bb, then get raised to 16x bb. In a 25 cent game the raise would have been to 4 dollars on the flop, in a 50 cent game, that raise is to 8, which can be harder for people to get used to/handle.
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Postby Yogadude » Tue May 10, 2005 1:01 am

If everybody was able to make a living off of their hobbies the world would be a much better place.
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Well Thank you..

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