Micro stakes not for everyone

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i know its been discussed here before. some people think it's necessary o move up the right way, and others don't. i'm not saying it's not a good idea, but with the amount of people who don't care, money isn't an option, lack skill but have a button happy finger, etc i find it extremely hard to be successful. i can run good, i play my outs well and make sure my bets become respected to the highest degree i can during an online game, but the amount of times i win big pots compared to lose them isn't satisfying me. i feel like low stakes is great to learn the game, but then you should move up to .10 .25 maybe .5 .10

i remember right when poker started to click for me i ran 10 dollars into $230 in a matter of three hours playing my cards well. i slow played often & hit them once they were committed. this was at 10. 25.
tonight i have been playing 2 and after numerous ups and downs, bad beats taken as well as bad beats given, i sit here up 5 dollars. few times i had pocket bullets and it would be checked around to me with no raise before hand & i know if i raise there's a great chance everyone folds, even min raise. now like i said im not saying micro is bad, but i want to play a level where im rewarded for my experience.

im just curious to see what you guys have to say about the micro thing. i personally, just feel as if .5 .10 or .10 .25 is what someone should build their foundation upon at the least. maybe it's just not for me and it's time to go back to my .10 .25 roots
 
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$25nl is micros imo.

If you beat $25nl for a good winrate you absolutely should be playing there and not at $2nl
 
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If you cant beat 2nl or 5nl then don't play higher. Crush the fish first before tackling thinking regs.
 
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For me i seem to do better at the .5 . 10 tables than at the .1 .2 tables dont understand why, but i think i try to play too many hands at the penny tables because the blinds are so low then try to play hands that i should really fold .And i take the 5 10 cent tables a little more seriously.
 
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If you want to move up to like 25nl then I think it's ok, if you have the roll and will move down if you can't beat it.

I kind of understand what you're saying about the reward doesn't feel great for your time but honestly if you're just starting out you shouldn't really be focusing on making a bit of money but mainly focus on improving your game. If your game is solid enough there is no reason you couldn't move up to the level you feel would be better experience in a matter of months if you put in some good volume.

If your objective is just to have fun and not take it too seriously then sure play higher.
 
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$25nl is micros imo.

If you beat $25nl for a good winrate you absolutely should be playing there and not at $2nl

glad to hear that. i will be taking my stab (probably a few if the first doesn't pan out) this week
 
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If you cant beat 2nl or 5nl then don't play higher. Crush the fish first before tackling thinking regs.

i hear what you're saying, i believe that phrase is among one of your favorites to use for advice. think i have observed you leave the same advice for another player in the past. i can beat the fish, but when my stack at the table rises and some player all-in's me for 1/3 of my stack etc and sucks out because the money is so low and he had an ace that he hoped would river his nut two pair and it does.. and then i find myself grinding to get that little bit back, tired of it. when i raise and get called pre-flop i want to expect the player has a good hand, not necessarily premiums or something but a good hand. i'm less likely i feel to get called with a pre-flop raise by 39 os when there's a bit more at stake. lately i have been up and down, i dont go down because of bad plays but mostly suckouts and this i am not lying to myself about. so i feel that going back to where i had success is the most appropriate thing to do especially considering that i am confident in my game and stable in my emotions. i appreciate the feedback everyone
 
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If you want to move up to like 25nl then I think it's ok, if you have the roll and will move down if you can't beat it.

I kind of understand what you're saying about the reward doesn't feel great for your time but honestly if you're just starting out you shouldn't really be focusing on making a bit of money but mainly focus on improving your game. If your game is solid enough there is no reason you couldn't move up to the level you feel would be better experience in a matter of months if you put in some good volume.

If your objective is just to have fun and not take it too seriously then sure play higher.

.10 / .25 it is
 
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I find myself doing much better in $5 buy-in tournaments than the $.50 tournaments. Not sure if it has to do with people being much tighter and more exploitable or I'm just being more careful
 
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I find myself doing much better in $5 buy-in tournaments than the $.50 tournaments. Not sure if it has to do with people being much tighter and more exploitable or I'm just being more careful

If you can not beat $0.50 , on the limit $ 5, you lose very quickly ..

Now you have a misconception, because truth the higher limit, the higher aggression and more the light steal.. Better return to the BI $0.50 , and try to find all the mistakes and leaks...
 
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