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Old 03-27-2006, 12:58 AM     Post subject: 50nl --------> 100nl #1 (permalink)  
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 Ok.

A few weeks back I made a thread about moving up to 50nl. I did, and I beat it for 10k hands. My br was over 2k now so I thought I would give 100nl a try.

I am getting killed. Its partially bad luck and partially bad play, hopefully more of the former than the latter. I am down three buyins across 800 hands, and I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

How much different should my play be against these 100nl opps than it was at 50?

Here are my thoughts so far:

1) TPTK is SHIT. All I win is a raised pot preflop when my flop cbet folds everyone. The only time I make any money from flopping a pair with AK is when someone calls my cbet with a draw and doesn't hit it.

2) Any time I meet resistance postflop, its almost always by a set or better.

3) 100nl seems to be more of a game of grinding your stack slowly up, whereas 25nl and 50nl was a game of taking stacks. These 100nl villains seem too stubborn to give up their stack with anything but the nuts.

Could some 100nl people post some common tips and pitfalls to look for when playing at these stakes?
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Old 03-27-2006, 01:12 AM #2 (permalink)  
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I get killed every time I move up also. My BR is well over twice the recommended move-up amount, and I still play 50NL.

I always flop a few set under set, one time I was dealt six KK when someone had AA in the same night...factor in my fair share of donk plays, and I'm crushed.

I'm interested to hear the replies here, also. I feel like I run horribly every time I move up, but how long can I use that excuse?

One thing I would say, though, is if you only get resistance from sets or better, you really oughta bet every flop.
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Old 03-27-2006, 01:18 AM #3 (permalink)  
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Old 03-27-2006, 02:15 AM #4 (permalink)  
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3) 100nl seems to be more of a game of grinding your stack slowly up, whereas 25nl and 50nl was a game of taking stacks. These 100nl villains seem too stubborn to give up their stack with anything but the nuts.
I found 50nl to be the same. It's true that there aren't people willing to hand money over to you as you move up, but that's the nature of the game. Gotta adapt etc. Gl with your journey up
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Old 03-27-2006, 06:06 AM #5 (permalink)  
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Three buyins is not even a downswing. I can't even begin to count the amount times I've lost that much or more.
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Old 03-27-2006, 06:09 AM #6 (permalink)  
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Old 03-27-2006, 06:40 AM #7 (permalink)  
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Everytime I move up, I seem to hit a small downswing like you're experiencing. I would suggest moving back down if you're not totally comfortable, and once you make back the 300, take another shot. From my experience 100nl was a total fishpond, moreso than 50nl.
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Old 03-27-2006, 07:50 AM #8 (permalink)  
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I have no idea why people still play full ring... Maybe its people who feel they need to play 9 tables because they have 30" screens :P
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Old 03-27-2006, 08:29 AM #9 (permalink)  
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seriously play 6-max renton. You seem like a good player, so I dont think your would struggle when changing to 6-max. Just play your standard TAG-game and loosen up your raising standards when you are in the CO and BTN.
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Old 03-27-2006, 10:22 AM #10 (permalink)  
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3 buy-ins across 800 hands isn't much... definitely not much of a downswing at all. According to what I've seen, you seem to be a solid NL50 player, and shouldn't have too many problems scaling the fish at NL100.

Stick it out for a few thousand more and see how it turns out.
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Old 03-27-2006, 12:41 PM #11 (permalink)  
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WHen I made my venture to NL100 I met the same resistance as well.My advice would be to drop back down to NL25 or NL50 and grind it back out until you make back the $300 then you can try it again.Moving up always takes time to adjust too(the bigger pot sizes;better play and opponents).
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Old 03-27-2006, 02:00 PM #12 (permalink)  
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Play 10K hands. Then evaluate. Focus on play, not results. You'll do fine.
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Old 03-27-2006, 03:13 PM #13 (permalink)  
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Play 10K hands. Then evaluate. Focus on play, not results. You'll do fine.
Most sensible advice is above. Dont be results orientated. You now need to win some pots without the best hand at times, but only at times.
So learn the associated lines certain hands eg set/flush draw etc

Table selection!
Find good ones, not just any old one. If full ring doesnt offer that then youre gona need to leanr to adapt to 6 max.
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Old 03-27-2006, 04:50 PM #14 (permalink)  
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Table selection!
Find good ones, not just any old one. If full ring doesnt offer that then youre gona need to leanr to adapt to 6 max.
There is a great selection of FR tables on party. I usually just queue myself in on the top four or five avgpot tables and play from there.
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Old 03-29-2006, 02:08 AM #15 (permalink)  
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***** Hand History for Game 3842579215 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, March 28, 21:54:16 ET 2006
Table Quick Quip (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: droopdogg111 ( $80 )
Seat 2: Jungleland ( $125.85 )
Seat 3: bbqpits ( $40.97 )
Seat 4: jefe11 ( $185.60 )
Seat 5: vicecop ( $120.19 )
Seat 6: graymerisfat ( $98.90 )
Seat 7: Snake727 ( $266.13 )
Seat 8: caixixu ( $200.88 )
Seat 9: waynecustis ( $20.50 )
Seat 10: Renton555 ( $99 )
caixixu posts small blind [$0.50].
waynecustis posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Renton555 [ 9h 9s ]
Renton555 calls [$1].
droopdogg111 folds.
Jungleland folds.
bbqpits calls [$1].
jefe11 folds.
vicecop folds.
graymerisfat raises [$6].
Snake727 folds.
caixixu folds.
waynecustis calls [$5].
Renton555 calls [$5].
bbqpits calls [$5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6h, 9d, 5d ]
waynecustis checks.
Renton555 bets [$20].
bbqpits folds.
graymerisfat calls [$20].
waynecustis folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
Renton555 checks.
graymerisfat is all-In.
Renton555 calls [$72.90].
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
Renton555 shows [ 9h, 9s ] three of a kind, nines.
graymerisfat doesn't show [ Kd, Ks ] a pair of kings.
Renton555 wins $207.30 from the main pot with three of a kind, nines.
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Old 03-29-2006, 02:26 AM #16 (permalink)  
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 Very nice. Hm, so you call a 6BB raise with 99? I usually only start playing from TT (barely) and JJ up as a playable hand, 22-99 I play as a call hand to see the flop. Is this common play like this?
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Old 03-29-2006, 02:54 AM #17 (permalink)  
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Very nice. Hm, so you call a 6BB raise with 99? I usually only start playing from TT (barely) and JJ up as a playable hand, 22-99 I play as a call hand to see the flop. Is this common play like this?
Ya, its worth a call in this case. He's offering me up to 17:1 implied odds and plus I have 2.5:1 pot odds, which actually became 3.5:1 when the next player called. On top of that 99 holds up on its own sometimes.
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Old 03-29-2006, 03:15 AM #18 (permalink)  
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I'd call with 99.
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Old 03-29-2006, 04:30 AM #19 (permalink)  
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I'd call with 99.
It's an insta-call for me.

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Old 03-29-2006, 07:50 AM #20 (permalink)  
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flopping sets against qq kk and aa at 100nl is almost always a stacking play.
most players at this level cannot get rid of an over pair.
easy games, so stick with it.
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