A style that is good for NLHE50... Is it good for NLHE100?

Burcak · #1 10-08-2007, 11:15 AM

Hello.

I am a graduate from the 10c and 25c school, and in my opinion ready to graduate from 50c school as well. I am playing 9-handed and have a decent winrate.

My question is... I read those SSNL forums with lots of bluffs, where people steal the blinds with any two card, double barrel triple barrel, represent flush draws blablabla... all these is nice. But I just can't play successfully like that in NLHE 50 atm. I have a very nit winning style (like 13/7.8/2.2) and play a lot of big pots. I limp behind limpers and mine sets in position against obviously bad players. I do steal blinds with suited hands when it is folded to me in the button, but it almost never is, and there is always limpers.

Whenever I try to play small pots or be looser, I start losing money immediately. I know that I just don't know the small pot poker style, but I am not sure if I am in the right place to learn it either. Every once in a while I read the ssnl forums and someone says "if you don't raise with blabla you are leaving money on the table" and I am like "okay NOW I AM COMING AND CRUSHING THIS TABLE" and I lose major money. Not that I care about money (I am playing poker as a hobby), but I just don't like losing.

Is there some kind of TAG's guide to learning how to loosen up when the conditions are right?

Is it applicable in NLHE50? I have a huuuge bankroll atm, but I am not moving up just because I am not confident in my game. Should I just move to NLHE100 and try "my moves" there? WTF? Help [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

corsakh · #2 10-08-2007, 11:16 AM

Switching to 6max could be a good start.

monkover · #3 10-08-2007, 11:17 AM

just move down to like 10nl or whatever and try out stuff there...
and please start playing shorthanded if you don´t hate money

Chicago Twister · #4 10-08-2007, 11:19 AM

If you're asking how to learn to be a LAG, I wouldn't suggest trying to figure it out at NL100. Instead, you should move down to NL25 and experiment there.

If you're asking if you can be a winner at NL100 without being a LAG, the answer is yes if you're not a sucky nit. Good nits make money too.

Gelford · #5 10-08-2007, 11:20 AM

You play in ninehanded Nit Ville ... this is shorthanded Tard City (as is SSNL)

There is a seperate forum for nits here

Aceium · #6 10-08-2007, 11:21 AM

9 handed is better for nit play because you're more likely to need to play that style. People will have premium hands more often so you will need things like sets to win. 6max allows more stealing and bluffing because the odds are that people don't have as many good hands as often.

kaz2107 · #7 10-08-2007, 11:22 AM

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just move down to like 10nl or whatever and try out stuff there...
and please start playing shorthanded unkess u like boredom

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Burcak · #8 10-08-2007, 11:26 AM

Well I have no confidence in my play against good players whatsoever.

If I made a list of things I think I don't know how to do well it'd be longer than my... well it would be a long list(which movie? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )

Speaking of 6-handed... that's a good idea obviously. 6-handed 50c 4 table good idea? (Again we are not talking about making money we are talking about learning the game)

monkover · #9 10-08-2007, 11:28 AM

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Well I have no confidence in my play against good players whatsoever.

If I made a list of things I think I don't know how to do well it'd be longer than my... well it would be a long list(which movie? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )

Speaking of 6-handed... that's a good idea obviously. 6-handed 50c 4 table good idea? (Again we are not talking about making money we are talking about learning the game)

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just shut up and do it!

Burcak · #10 10-08-2007, 11:29 AM

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You play in ninehanded Nit Ville ... this is shorthanded Tard City (as is SSNL)

There is a seperate forum for nits here

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Well this was the most useful post I have ever read on 2+2 so far hehe.

I see that everyone likes to play 6-handed [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. I like 9 handed because I can pretty much play it on auto-pilot. Nobody really pays attention to what I do, I can play same hand same way etc. It is relaxing [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. I just need to start paying attention when a regular comes over and starts picking on me (looser regulars love picking on tighter regulars, imo, and rightfully).