100 NL 6max vs. 50 NL 6max
 

Sorry if this has been covered in other posts but nothing came up under the search function.

I'm contemplating moving up 4 tabling the 50nl 6max to the 100nl 6max. Currently over 10k hands i'm beating the 50nl for about 9ptbb/100. The 50nl seems pretty basic and really ABC poker seems to make a good deal of money. What are the main differences between the 50 and 100? In my limited experience with the 100 the only difference i see is an increased prevalence of wanna be LAGs. I'm properly bankrolled for both games so tell me some reasons why I should move up.

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In my experience $50 NL is much easier. $100NL 6max is tighter and finding good games can be tough. $50 NL 6max players are very easy to bully.

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I agree with the above. I took a few shots at 100NL and did really well, so I moved up for a while. I took a turn for the worse at about 3000 hands. I found myself getting caught trying to buy pots and not being able to get away from big hands, so I tilted away a lot of money. I started to be one of those guys that I love to play against. Another huge factor is that the 100NL players don't seem to pay you off nearly as much on your big hands. That was the problem, I was losing a lot on my second best hands, and not winning much on my best hands.

Bottom line, 100NL is worth a shot, but you're going to have to play consistent good poker. When I moved up, I was beating 50NL for ~15PTBB/100 over about 10K hands, FWIW. Be ready and willing to admit to yourself that you might be out of your league and maybe you have more to learn still. That was the tough part for me, because I overvalued my short-term initial results.

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In my limited experience with the 100 the only difference i see is an increased prevalence of wanna be LAGs.

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That must be me you saw. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

If you play TAG, you can beat 100 as well except that you might win more at 50s. For example if you win 9ptbb at 50s, I am not surprised if you could only win 5ptbb at 100s simply because people don't pay you off like 50s. Also I find there is more raising pf at 100s as well. When I first play 100NL, I am running at VPIP like 13/2. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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Try playing less tables. The 100nl is not hard, you just need to pay more attention and take better notes.

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Just do what our jedi master Fimbulwinter says here.......

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$100NL 6max is tighter and finding good games can be tough

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eh i play alot during off peak times being from the uk and i can always find plenty of good games.

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Another huge factor is that the 100NL players don't seem to pay you off nearly as much on your big hands.

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again eh. 100nl 6maxers are huge payoff machines. they simply refuse to ever believe u have a hand. i get looked up with the most rediculous holdings all the time.

to op if you have the bankroll move up. 2 table for a little bit to get used to the increased aggression and you will be fine.

paul

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the quality of play goes up, but not tremendously. Play is a little tighter and more aggressive, the good players are a little better, there aren't as many bad players, the bad players are still just as bad. Since this is the first limit you can realistically make a living wage at, you will occasionally run into a player that isn't just good, but very good.

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Since this is the first limit you can realistically make a living wage at, you will occasionally run into a player that isn't just good, but very good.

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The current living wage estimation nation wide is $14 an hour [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]. Yeah Labor History 100

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The current living wage estimation nation wide is $14 an hour

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assuming you're working 40 hrs a week, which poker players dont [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]. Not a point i want to argue about, i just think noone is playing poker professionally at the 50NL level, while there are a few out there at 100NL.