Quote Originally Posted by Chopper
this puts YOU at a bit of a disadvantage, imo. if you are playing "correctly" by taking away odds, only betting 3/4 to psb on various streets, 3betting with strong hands pf, etc, then you are going to see a ton of bad beats. it comes with the territory of betting smaller than necessary for the stakes...you let all the crap in, and inevitably it will catch.
I'm not sure why you insist "letting all the crap in" is a bad thing.

Quote Originally Posted by Chopper
if you get AA or KK, i am not as worried about a "read" down there. i am not worried about odds, etc. i am trying to get it in ASAP.

its 2 friggin dollars! i dont mean that in a condescending tone, but for most people its barely real money...and plays that way.
You shouldn't be worried about "getting it in ASAP" but instead be worried about making the best plays to get the most value from your hands. Open pushing every time you have a big pair doesn't accomplish this the vast majority of the time.

Quote Originally Posted by Chopper
play like you would for play money. when you flop a solid hand, try to get it in. when you complete your monster, push it. when you get JJ+, AQ+ pf, i would almost push those straight away in position. when you have the big stack at the table, USE IT. start to bully people off anything they arent willing to push. you have a draw to the nuts...push that short stack with a buck fifty in...right away.
Most of this is horrible advice, I'm not really sure where to begin. I mean seriously, you're advising someone to push into a 75 bb stack anytime they have a draw to the nuts because you're implying that people won't call, but yet you turn around and say you should open push your big pairs preflop because people will call. It's bad advice, and on top of that the argument for it contradicts itself pretty hard.

Quote Originally Posted by Chopper
obviously, this isnt "textbook" advice for other games. its play money strategy. teasing the odds and valuebetting isnt going to win you as much money as pushing powerhouses at this level...because you will get called here. at higher levels, people know where the fold button is.

you may think of it as "learning NL," but a lot of your opponents are thinking of it as, "i dropped $20 into this site...its friday night...i can screw up 10 times, and im only out a few drinks at the bar...F-it, you cant push me around, you bluffer, you. I CALL with my A-high, jerkwad!!"

save the "learning" for 10NL or 25NL where people respect their monies a bit more (you could argue 10NL is play money). and, just get up here as fast as you can.
Look, I know you mean well and I don't mean any offense with my reply here, but it's pretty obvious OP is trying to get used to NLHE so he/she can move up in stakes. Their purpose is better served by trying to develop good habits than to push hands "just because you'll get called."

I know there are a lot of action junkies at micro-stakes, but you don't beat them by becoming one.