Most players at 2NL will stack off w/ AA/KK to you're flopped set, but it still doesn't justify set mining in 3bet pots w/o at least 150bb effective stacks (i.e., you and you're opp are both 150bb's deep).

Quote Originally Posted by frjd2 View Post
Because of this and being on a short bankroll I am sticking to a fairly tight and straightforward game and looking for monsters to stack people with as I think that this is the safest way to build my bankroll up. Is this the style of play that you would advocate for 2NL?
Even if you're bankroll was 1,000BI's...this is still the way to play 2NL, as well as most of the micros.

Watching hands play out, and putting opp's on ranges even when you aren't in a hand, and seeing if you were right or not is way more helpful than all the time in the world with pokerstove. Once you know how to build an accurate range for an opp, pokerstove is great for calculating your equity against that range. But as far as developing accurate ranges, experience is the most helpful.

I know putting opp's on a range on every single street seems so time consuming at first, trust me, I was there too not too long ago. I used to not even bother most of the time out of laziness. Then I started doing it more and more...the winrate started to go up...then it became easier and easier, and now when a typical TAG reg 11/9 opens from MP, I pretty much have his range in my head instantly (unless there is something unique about the villain).