Originally Posted by Pelion

Oh and one last thing. Just because you are going to be aggressive doesnt mean you are going to be a maniac. Learn when to put the breaks on when your top pair gets raised.

Originally Posted by midas06

Just camp for sets or TPTK. Get the money in with them. You'll win.

Originally Posted by yorib

I think I might be with JackVance on this one. I don't think $5/$10 NL are about exploiting small advantages, they are all about getting lots of money in post flop while you are way ahead.

I've gotten to a point I'm comfortable with my pre-flop game (raise b/w 5-6% of the time) and I too am really trying to focus on upping my post-flop aggression. I'm finding that aggression, in moderation can work extremely well. That and telling consistent post-flop stories can get people to fold the best hand. I try and incorporate Harrington's philosophy of value betting on the river with a hand that will likely lose if I check. (If the pot is $2.50 and I bet $.50 it's worth it if I think the villian will fold 20+% of the time.) I may do this one every hundered hands or so.

To answer your percise question, yes I would raise just about any PP in late position and follow up with a 1/3-1/2 pot bet depending on the flop. Raising lots of hands (again, maybe 5% of the time) isn't that expensive. Consistently c-betting can be. It also ensures that people have a very difficult time reading you when you raise. (Which is key, it helps get QQ+ paid off big time, because they'll think you have a low pp or AJ+).

As for overbetting the pot, I don't do it. I find myself able to get enough money in as is. If you have a great hand just bet a consistent, solid amount and if anyone has anything, they'll call. If they have the nuts they'll raise.

Good luck

Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms

Slow and steady wins the race Jiggus. Don't be looking to move up so quick at these levels. I'm sure lots of us here have tales of killing 2NL then 5NL but at either 10Nl or 25NL it will get ya. Newbie circle of death. Take your time, build the roll, and learn the game. Read the book, get another book, but don't try all those fancy moves at once. They just don't fall for most. Trust guys when they say this. You can try C-bets and semi bluffs, playing from position, check raises...but against calling stations you need to get in there with best hands. Learn to read the board and know the nuts. Play micro with a very basic game plan. Large pots and lots of callers, have monsters, or isolate and beat them with TPTK for small pots. Get 5 or 10 thousand hands at each level. Oh and don't bluff, they'll call it, they have MPWK and are going to play the hand.

Originally Posted by Jiggus

I will also add that I'm not worried about preflop. I'm very tight. Everything is based on position and cards. 19 hands plus a bit depending on circumstances.

I will see how passive the table is and call a lot more in position with suited connectors, for example, but still, I only see about 18% of the flops (+/- 3%).

I dunno, maybe it's just a really, really long run of no "luck".