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About to move up and need advice. .05 to .10
Hi all, this may be long, my apologies in advance.
I've been playing .05 NLHE on Bovada, and was originally being slowly bled by this level. If I played nit, I'd get bluffed out by players who didn't know that going all in on the river with middle pair on a board with two over cards is a bluff. But try and push them off a hand, and you crash and burn. Wait for the nuts and you just break even or lose small over time.
But my last few sessions have been getting be a good 1-3 buy-ins consistently, with not a lot of variance by using some rules that I adopted for this level that I know would get me killed at higher levels.
I'll list them out below. Can anyone tell me what changes I should make for .10 at Bovada? (that's Bovada's second micro level)
1). Limp from early position with A-8 to A-J. Fold to a raise. If your ace holds up this way, then you know you have the highest ace. An opening raise could be called by a slightly higher kicker. Limp from middle position with A-7 to A-2 for the same reason.
2). Limit c-betting. These crazy players will call with anything.
3) Limp with pocket pairs in the 22-88 range. Only call a bet if there is at least one other caller and few left to act. Fit or quit. Call a raise (but not a reraise) with 99-JJ.
4). Open raise/reraise with QQ-AA, AQ, or AK, but try not to get it all-in preflop unless it's KK or AA.
5). Open limp/limp with suited connectors and one-gappers. Only call a raise with these if there are already 3 other people in at this level without a reraise. Fold/shut down unless you hit a draw, but they will often give you good chasing odds if you do have something to work with.
6) Be fearless with TPTK or better post flop, but use bet sizing and pot control to adjust for the strength of the hand. I've had several hands where I had trips on a flush draw board and an all-in from a villain, and discovered he had unmatched pocket 10's or worse when I called.
7). Fold EVERYTHING else pre-flop, excapt KQ. Any only open raise that. You can't play LAG against a table full of maniac calling stations.
8). Beware of middle pairs. These players play anything, and will madden you with their K-2 when the K hits if you play for thin value.
Any advice for $10 NMHE would be appreciated.
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