$25 NL to $200 NL

winky51 · #1 08-12-2005, 10:24 PM

I decided to give NL cash games a shot and started down at the bottom of the stack $25 NL. I have been working my way up to $200 NL party or 2/4 NL on poker stars.

I am finding it easier to play each higher limit as I go up. $25, $50, $100, $200. I won almost every session on $200 NL.

I sum it up to players being afraid to put in $50 on a call with odds yet they play reasonable hands. THey are pretty readable too. I am sure that the higher limit than that are different but until now its all good.

Have you all had the same experience?

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jt_patriot · #2 08-12-2005, 10:29 PM

I also have moved up from NL 25 to NL 200 and my BB/100 decreases slightly at each level, but it's hard to say b/c it only took me about a month to make the move and I have less than 3,000 hands for each level. Geberally I would say this is the trend, and your situation can probably be attributed to a small sample size for each level.

#3 08-12-2005, 10:30 PM

I find the higher limits a lot more aggressive - easier to get paid of and stack someone but also a lot easier to get stacked

winky51 · #4 08-12-2005, 10:35 PM

Yes the higher levels are easier to trap players. They just have no idea that someone could possibly be trapping. They expect "you have a hand, you bet, you dont you check".

With $25 NL you raise and everyone calls. You bet they still all call and you still have no clue as to their holdings. The one thing I do know about $25 NL is that if a player that is normally passive goes all in its time to fold. I do make a lot more money playing NL $200 than the lower levels. I just play tight and if I am 1st in I raise. I call with suited connectors in position and with callers. simple. I sometimes limp and mix it up, trap, bluff. Most bluffs are post oak bluffs after they see me value bet with big hands on the river or turn.

pokerjoker · #5 08-12-2005, 11:12 PM

the higher the buyin the better the players.

you might win more $ moving up, but the biggest sustainable bb/100 is without a doubt at $25 NL

#6 08-12-2005, 11:17 PM

I started at .01-.02, and after a year or 2 am at 1-2, and generally find that BB/100 goes down a little each level

Except for some reason I had a hard time cracking .25-.50, not sure why, it may have just been the down side of variance