When does poker get hard?
 

Hi, this may sound like a stupid question, but i was just wondering in your experiences in moving up, at what limit does poker start to get quite challenging eg 200NL etc. I know it is challenging anyway, but at what limit do you really need to take ur game to the next level skill wise to beat that level? Thanks

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When does poker get hard?

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awesome. I knew it would be quick.

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Every level is hard (in a multitude of ways) until you become comfortable and play enough hands to beat it, this is a bad question.

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Everything is relative.

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NL 100, NL 400, NL 1000 are what I tell people are the "levels"

add: talking about 6 max, NL 1000 is my level now, so can't comment on higher up

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I found switching from full ring to 6max was hard but got the hang of it after about 1k hands.

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kind of like asking: when do you know it's time to get married?

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As a tournament donkey, the switch from tournaments to cash games was tough at first. I went from around 100-200 dollar tournaments to nl 400, and I started losing immediatly. I just never beleived anyone ever had a hand, and 3 bet bluffed people, and called down with like mid pair. It didn't take me all that long to start winning though, and now I can say I'm a *consistant* winner at that level. Moving up soon though, so I hope it doesn't get "hard."

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kind of like asking: when do you know it's time to get married?

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touche, but you were treed by zeebo

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a bad player at a 25nl 6max room at party play the same way as a bad player at a 1000nl 6max

a bad 1000nl player is worse cause he's losen more money on bad play

so the trick is learning to exploit bad play and get as much money from them as u can

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god i <3 that picture.

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ok, I must be an idiot, because I've seen "<3" in post for quite a while and still can't figure it out

is "<" like the nose and "3" a smile?

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heart

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ok, I must be an idiot, because I've seen "<3" in post for quite a while and still can't figure it out

is "<" like the nose and "3" a smile?

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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=<3

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It gets hard when you start finding it hard to beat your opponents. LOL. It all depends on YOU. If you think it's hard, then you're gonna get hurt cuz you'll be playing scared.

I've found that it gets challenging at 200NL thru 800NL but then when you get to the really high limit games in Vegas, there seems to be a lot of rich tards to fleece. They don't play the mid-range games.

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ok, I must be an idiot, because I've seen "<3" in post for quite a while and still can't figure it out

is "<" like the nose and "3" a smile?

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but s2 is way more sexy.

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C===3

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ok, I must be an idiot, because I've seen "<3" in post for quite a while and still can't figure it out

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It's an aerial view of a witch with big breasts.

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i didn't think it was ever going to get hard until i played the following hand last night:

10/20 full

mp raises to 80, i call in the co with 55. the rest fold.

we have no history worth noting.

flop comes K 7 4 r

he checks i bet 125 he calls

turn 3

he checks i bet 400 he calls

river 2

he checks i push for my last 1300

he calls with 10-10.

out
played

this hand has me emotionally scard. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Re: When does poker get hard?
 

when you make it hard for yourself.

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i love that people will call here with no history, makes me feel great about poker for now and the long run, he games wont be hard for years and years with these donkeys passing money around

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i love that people will call here with no history, makes me feel great about poker for now and the long run, he games wont be hard for years and years with these donkeys passing money around

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poor kagame... you are awful.

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poor kagame... you are awful.

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more awfully awful than me?

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poor kagame... you are awful.

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more awfully awful than me?

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if you are who i think you are on party, i played some 6max with you last week and i thought you played well.

BTW/ you did get totally PWNED in that hand u posted, haha. o well, it happens.

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I think it gets hard when you are not a winning player at a given limit. That is different for everyone, but I personally had trouble with 25/50 NL and higher, but I seem not to have much trouble overall below that limit.

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its only as hard as you make it.

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I think this is not a stupid question. Assuming we are just talking about online there is a curve. 5 cent/10 cent no limit is a strange game filled with beginners, terrible players and people who only have a few bucks left in their account and play strangely. At 50NL you still don't need to bluff AT ALL to be a very successful player because getting paid off is so easy. I think at each increment new wrinkles get tossed in. There seems to be a lot of dogshit play at the higher levels too so who knows.

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It isn't a stupid question, the problem with it is that there is no correct answer.

It is player dependent. For me I don't think it will ever be hard. For others, they can't beat NL 100.

A better question might be, how does the game change as I move up limits.