Microlimits NL: Where to start?
 

Hi,

I'm not sure if this belongs in Micro NL or here, but that forum seems more tightly moderated.

I played Limit 2/4 and $22 Sngs for about a year before I got into sports betting. I have recently cashed out so much of my sports betting roll to buy a house that I need to return to poker, and I want to play small stakes NL.

I need to start at microlimits to work on my game, and I am wondering where to start. I am still tremendously overrolled for my skill level, but just want to start at a reasonable level and move up quickly as my skills progress.

I am not sure where to start. Is NL 25 a good place? NL 5 or 10? I have been historically profitable in NL sngs at the like 16-22 level, but there is little emphasis on postflop play in those, obviously.

If I should start at something really low like NL 5 or 10, how many hands should I be looking to play before trying the next level? I don't need to grind up a bankroll to hit the next level, but am willing to do that as an exercise if it's not overkill. I originally started at like .5/.1 LHE and ground my way all the way up, but it wasn't much fun and I could've moved up sooner.

I understand the basic preflop parameters for full ring NLHE, know to be nervous about getting all in with TP, understand that I probably don't need to be fancy to beat low limits, etc. but don't really have much depth to my game in terms of hand-reading and postflop play.

Any advice about where to start is appreciated.

Re: Microlimits NL: Where to start?
 

You could probably start up at NL25 and work your way up from there. If you feel you're comfortably beating it over thousands of hands I'd move up to NL50. Even though you're overrolled for these stakes it would be smart to keep track of your winnings. I don't think you'll gain as much going starting at NL10 and going to NL25 than you would with NL25 going to NL50.

Re: Microlimits NL: Where to start?
 

start at NL25 and log 20k hands. Then review. If you run between -1PTBB and 2PTBB stay there and play another 20k hands. If you run worse move down, if you run better move up.

this is just a giudeline. what stakes also depends on the site. stars for instance is very tough these days, there you should prolly stars at NL10.