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Old 09-04-2007, 07:08 AM
Khumalo Khumalo is offline
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Default Re: adjusting my game to nl10

Some more info would help. Do you plan to play 6 max or full ring? There is a FR forum if the latter; you posted this here, so I'll speak a bit about 6 max.

First, you might want to check out "6 Max fundamentals for SSNL players" by Tien (just type it into the search engine.) It's a little advanced, but will give you a sense of where your game should be as you progress in short-handed cash NLHE.

Set-mining and nut peddling will certainly make you a profit at NL10, and that's not a terrible way to get your feet wet, but you should really open up your range on the button as soon as you're ready.

You want to get to a point where you're comfortable raising a lot of hands on the button even with (especially with, sometimes!) 2 or less limpers in front of you (something like 4xBB + 1BB for each limper.)

You also will benefit from continuation betting liberally so that you develop a feel for when such bets work (typically, some majority of the time barring unusual circumstances) and when they're inadvisable, or when some other action is preferable (like check-calling, or firing a delayed bet on the turn.) The pared down formula is to c-bet almost always in HU pots (say, between 2/3 to 3/4 pot) and about half as much when two players take a flop with you, and even less as you add more opponents. But experience and reflection are your best guides.

More advanced concepts, like not overplaying TP(TK) versus resistance from passives (but surely yes versus super-stations and maniacs), reading board texture when deciding how big you want to grow the pot on the turn, finding good spots to steal small pots when no one shows interest on the turn or river, and so on, will come with practice (as you open up your game gradually) and reading / posting on 2+2.

P.S.
1) Very rarely should you open-limp! Adhere to raise or fold, as hokey as that sounds.
2) There are a lot of passive players at NL10, you can relentlessly steal their blinds, c-bet them to death.
3) There are also a fair number of mega-stations, who call huge bets on three streets with any piece, and as soon as you recognize one, adjust accordingly (i.e. value bet them light, overbet your straights and flushes, etc.)
4) Shoving KK+ all in preflop when there was a standard raise in front of me made me a lot of money at NL10. People called off their stacks with 88+ and A10s+ (sometimes KQs.)
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