How to Be Successful at Micro and Low Stakes NLHE: A Guide
The basic rules governing what I think is a sure-fire way to be successful at micro stakes and low stakes are as follows.
First, you need to just get to the point that if you're feeling well and playing well that you can beat some game whether it's 2nl or 25nl. It doesn't have to be crushing it, but just some +EV.
Second, split your poker time between playing when you're feeling well and studying when you're not. This way, you're making the most money during the time set aside for playing, and you're not losing money during the times you don't feel well or are tilting. Also, you should be studying at the very least 25% of the time you have set aside for poker.
Third, if you're not playing to pay the bills, you should move up when you have done both of the following: A) 30 buy-ins for the next level, and B) Have at least 50k hands at a decent win-rate at your current level. I define a decent win-rate as 3 ptbb/100 up until 25nl, and 2 ptbb/100 at 50nl and above. The corollary to which is that you move back down when you have 40 buy-ins for the level below. Example: You're at 50nl and get down to $1000, you should move back down to 25nl.
Fourth, I would suggest that people avoid playing more than 6 tables of full ring or 4 tables of 6-max until they have 20k hands at a decent win-rate at the level they want to multi-table, and even then be careful to notice how adding more tables affects their win-rate, play and focus over the next 10-15k hands.
Re: How to Be Successful at Micro and Low Stakes NLHE: A Gui
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Originally Posted by spoonitnow
Fourth, I would suggest that people avoid playing more than 6 tables of full ring or 4 tables of 6-max until they have 20k hands at a decent win-rate at the level they want to multi-table, and even then be careful to notice how adding more tables affects their win-rate, play and focus over the next 10-15k hands.
trying to figure this out. I recently moved up a level, and boosted up to 12-tabling during the first few hands. Trying to figure out whether this made/makes sense. Further comments welcome!
Do you think that dropping below the number of tables that you played beating the previous level is essential? I think that it isn't essential
(vs rakeback/bonuses), but is likely ++++EV in the long term.
