I'm done with 25nl so I figured I would share my notes on the limit (PS). 50nl has started with some run bad (and a little of me playing scared money so I missed some value) but I still see enough bad play that I think I have an edge on a vast majority of the field. Anyways, onto the 25nl notes:
1. Some people float with nothing even out of position with the intention of betting the river when the turn goes check/check. Identify these people and double barrel them with air/very strong hands liberally as they are gold mines. Taking a bet/check/bet or bet/check/call line with marginal hands against these villains is also profitable as they are largely apt to bet the river with air or call the river with a weak pair.
2. Identify people who stack off with TPNK. These people are also gold mines.\
3. Stealing is still very very profitable.
4. Some people have a fixed preflop 3bet size regardless of your raise size. This encourages a smaller preflop raise size.
5. Never ever 4bet
bluff unless you have substantial evidence that the villain is 3betting you light. A few 3bets in a row is more likely a rush of cards than light 3betting. There were several occasions where I thought people were 3betting me light but they never ever folded to a 4bet.
6. Do not bluff stations and unknowns. At 25nl, people still call with a surprising amount of garbage.
7. Unlike 10nl, there are a fair amount of squeeze opportunities. In general when squeezing, you should be more concerned with raiser, but at 25nl, I've noticed that the caller (who is generally a fish) calls the squeeze a surprisingly large number of the time so be aware when squeezing OOP. In general, it's better to have a hand with some
equity when squeezing unless you are very confident you are going to get folds.
8. Unlike 10nl, there are some semi competent regs at 25nl. Therefore you must be a little more selective in targeting fish to extract money from. At 10nl, play was bad enough across the board that I rarely avoided anyone but at 25nl, I found myself not particularly wanting to be in pots OOP against certain villains.
