How to beat 0.02nl on pokerstars this day?

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I have lost 20 buy-in over 20,000 hands and can't figure out why ??


I use method in Crushing the Microstake book ,this is my understanding
1. preflop
1.1 raise by hand range and position
2. after flop
2.1 if you hit top pair or above then c-bet (flop + turn + river) until you get re-raise > if you hit set or above then fight to all-in , else fold.
2.2 if you hit lower than top pair or nothing > c-bet against one opponent (more then one opponent...fold)> if you get re-raise then fold
3. adjust 1 and 2 by HUD.
 
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Wow this is completly wrong way to look at poker and doesnt really make sense at all, what is this book? who wrote that? books are so outdated aswell, have a look on some online videos (youtube raiseyouredge) for tournament strategy/coaching for example... you should be opening tight on lower stakes and play your hands aggresivly, dont be afraid to get it in with decent hand coz people make terrible mistakes and often overvalue their hand... cbetting btn vs bb for example is super profitable in almost every spot, so you can almost cbet 100% of your range if you bet small on dry boards and slightly bigger on drawy boards that are still good for ur range, u might not wanna cbet like 567 or 678 board every once in a while but you still can as you still have all the sets and suited combos of straights/pairs+straightdraws opening from the BTN against BB, so you can almost cbet 100% of your range in that spot profitably.
 
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Dear EL1t1
Thank you a lot. I have followed your recommendation, it work very well.
Can you please recommend study resources(website,youtube,book,etc.) that up-to-date for micro stake cash game ?

Dear Lorpugo
Thank you a lot. I have change from 4 to 1 table and think instead of blinding follow the book.
Anyways, I need the resources to study the right way to play. Can you please recommend it for me ?
 
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The best books for cash games are:
Let there be range
The poker blueprint
The best books for heads up:
Expert heads up play 1 and 2
Good luck.
 
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Dear EL1t1
Thank you a lot. I have followed your recommendation, it work very well.
Can you please recommend study resources(website,youtube,book,etc.) that up-to-date for micro stake cash game ?

Dear Lorpugo
Thank you a lot. I have change from 4 to 1 table and think instead of blinding follow the book.
Anyways, I need the resources to study the right way to play. Can you please recommend it for me ?


Im not exactly sure about micros/low stakes in particular, but i came up grinded micros myself (started with 100$ roll at .02 .05cents cash) and managed to build a good bankroll and im currently playing much higher stakes, i mainly talked with good players about hands and tried to use their knowledge to help myself, but doug polk himself did a micros 100$ to 10k$ challenge and its all on youtube in parts, he is high stakes player if you dont know him and hes made millions, and he completed this challenge and also played micros as they were any other stakes, try to make best decisions in every spot no matter the stakes, he wasnt exactly giving all reasoning behind playing each hand the way he did but regardless its pretty interesting and fun to watch in my opinion and you can pick up a few things from him for sure :) and RaiseYourEdge youtube channel is in my opinion BY FAR the best coaching/instruction poker channel out there, ben (owner and the guy who does most of the videos) is one of the best tournament players in the world, so you can't really go wrong with it even if you play cashgames, you can pick up on many things like his mindset going into each spot, how he analyzes the hand, and the way he plays them and his reasoning behind it, i belive on his Raiseyouredge page he also has cashgames covered and if you're willing to invest money into being better, you might wanna buy their coaching(which is pretty expensive) but will take your game to a way higher level for sure. hope i helped let me know if you have any more questions :)

Heres one of the videos of ben playing pokerstars zoom cashgames :)
 
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Nothing wrong with Crushing the Microstakes book as a guide imo - very important point though is focus on the fish (40+VPIP, although anyone 30+ can be taken advantage of) and table select to find fish, and leave tables with no obvious fish. If you apply the play style in that book against every player on the microstakes tables without hunting down the fish it will not be as effective because it is an exploitative style meant for taking advantage of the worst players. There are some videos to go along with those books that you can get hold of and you can see Blackrain79 playing a ton of hands. I found it worthwhile reading/watching in regards to microstakes cash games.

That said, always more than one way to skin a cat, so not discounting tips and knowledge others have posted above.
 
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The advice in crushing the microstakes is very basic and will tell you the basics of the game.
To win consistently at poker- even at the microstakes your going to have learn a tonne of strategy, it took me 18 months to become a winning player.
I learnt a lot from Jonathan littles books and website his strategy is not too basic and not too advanced, but requires a lot of off table study.
I suggest looking at one of the poker training websites and sign up for a month or two to really improve your game.
 
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From what I gather you play the same way against all your opponents. Read Doyle Brunson's Super System 2. I think that will help you.
 
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I miss 5nl zoom on Stars 9 max , 2 nl 9 max are full of crazy players that also don't pay you imo .
6max I tried , I had some 10 at least buyins profit at first session , I thought I was a new rising star . Only to lose all this moneymoney plus a lot more next session(s) . I realized that on that session I was just lucky on the river , beating their set with a better set or flush over set with an allin on the turn , etc .
But skill is what I have a lot to learn , many bluffs are being made on a lot of hands. Difficult to steal blinds with cbets and protecting/evaluating it in comparison to the others' players ' hands is tougher than 9 max your hand .
I was being bluffed a lot , my stack was being stolen /bullied all the time . A lot of skill is demanded , I hope someday to acquire it with much reading/studying/watching videos .

Btw , I think they are even more tight in 6max on these stakes, they don't pay you easilly if you raise much/reraise , they go for the nuts or for standard bluffs , that's very boring :D And makes me desire more tournaments or satellites than cash games :)
 
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I think The Grinders Manual by Peter Clarke is an exceptional book to read and work through as you look to move up through the stakes. He shows you have to get into positive EV sitiuations which is really all that you can do as a poker player at any level.
 
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While NL2 players are always terrible, the harder site to play is pokerstars. There are softer sites like 888. While Nathan's strategy is not the best approach to poker, it should be enough to beat the lower tables. Please take into account that 20k hands is still a small sample, you are probably overthinking some plays, maybe still have blind spots in your strategy, and probably tilting a little. Poker is hard and it takes a while to become a winning player, with more study and experience you'll make it
 
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While NL2 players are always terrible, the harder site to play is pokerstars. There are softer sites like 888. While Nathan's strategy is not the best approach to poker, it should be enough to beat the lower tables. Please take into account that 20k hands is still a small sample, you are probably overthinking some plays, maybe still have blind spots in your strategy, and probably tilting a little. Poker is hard and it takes a while to become a winning player, with more study and experience you'll make it


Well said. And I wholly agree with Stars being the hardest online room
 
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