Why is it harder to start up from low limits than to play high limits? It seems like at the lower limits people just get stupid lucky much more often?
Why is it harder to start up from low limits than to play high limits? It seems like at the lower limits people just get stupid lucky much more often?
Thats true, You really have to watch for calling stations in 2NL, and you have to win some big pots, before they get the idea that you are not going to try bluffing them. I have pushed calling stations off there hand with the right bet size.... What i like is they will still call you even if they only have 1 pair, and you have 2 pair or a higher pair.It isn't, it's a myth. It is easier to beat bad players than good players. It is less likely you will go broke playing within your roll.
People just don't adjust to playing against calling stations. Think they can bluff them off a hand all the time. Value bet, that is how you beat bad players.
Thats true, You really have to watch for calling stations in 2NL, and you have to win some big pots, before they get the idea that you are not going to try bluffing them. I have pushed calling stations off there hand with the right bet size.... What i like is they will still call you even if they only have 1 pair, and you have 2 pair or a higher pair.
Also it is best to start out at 2NL, and get it down, it is also true that you will see the same thing in .05/.10 games as you do in .01/.02.....
I had one player saying about it at a table.
True, and must you must pick the right time to play them, and with the right hand, and bet they will fold. Though they only get it after you beat them on some big pots , i like it when they play A rag, i got AK or AQ and hit 2 pair ...I Have never played $2 NL, as by the time I decided to play cash games, I had already built a bit of a bankroll playing sit n go's. However you are right. $10 NL is full of Stations, well actually there is a mix, there is the uber nits who play like 10/7 and then there are the stations. You just have to think about how to exploit each type of player.
At $25 NL which is were I am, it is a little bit higher standard, but there are still so many players who will call an over bet shove on the river with a pair of Aces and no kicker.
The great thing about stations is they don't bet, so if you are in position it is fine to check behind a lot. If you are playing good cards your hand will usually have some showdown value anyway.
you can listen to all the losers who say bankroll management, and such, they are people playing for pennies and wasting their time trying to do anything more than enjoy poker as a hobby.
If you are interested in earning real then I suggest following what I do:
I play freerolls, win $1 or $300 depending on the prize pool.
then I take my full roll to the ring games and get a healthy amount, usually around $500, takes me about 3 days to get to $500 from $5
If you want to practice BRM, I suggest starting it at an amount that you do not want to lose.
When I have less than $300 in my account I am willing to lose it all at one time, this is where the BRM loser and myself are different and why I am successful while the BRM person is playing literally for pennies.
So when I get to $500 I risk roughly 20% on cash games and 10% on MTTs
After I hit $5,000 then it is 5% on cash games and 3% on MTTs
after $10,000 it is about 4% and 1%
Why is it harder to start up from low limits than to play high limits? It seems like at the lower limits people just get stupid lucky much more often?
True, and must you must pick the right time to play them, and with the right hand, and bet they will fold. Though they only get it after you beat them on some big pots , i like it when they play A rag, i got AK or AQ and hit 2 pair ...
The one thing i have found out is, it is hard to even try a bluff on them, and to anyone who has a calling station at there table, i would say just play your Agame, and don't try to bluff them, and use check alot as Blazing_Saddler said.
you can listen to all the losers who say bankroll management, and such, they are people playing for pennies and wasting their time trying to do anything more than enjoy poker as a hobby.
If you are interested in earning real then I suggest following what I do:
I play freerolls, win $1 or $300 depending on the prize pool.
then I take my full roll to the ring games and get a healthy amount, usually around $500, takes me about 3 days to get to $500 from $5
If you want to practice BRM, I suggest starting it at an amount that you do not want to lose.
When I have less than $300 in my account I am willing to lose it all at one time, this is where the BRM loser and myself are different and why I am successful while the BRM person is playing literally for pennies.
So when I get to $500 I risk roughly 20% on cash games and 10% on MTTs
After I hit $5,000 then it is 5% on cash games and 3% on MTTs
after $10,000 it is about 4% and 1%