What do 5/10+ Players Do Better than .5/1 or 1/2 players?

Malachii · #1 10-11-2005, 09:04 PM

What specifically do mid/high stakes players do better at 6max than winning low stakes players? I would say that a solid, winning $100 NL player plays good hands, plays them reasonably well postflop, and is generally able to keep himself out of tough spots. Yet if this $100 NL player attempted to play $5/10 6max against strong competition, he would probably get killed. What specifically do winning 5/10+ short handed players do better than a $100 6max players? What adjustments to these $100 NL players need to make as they move up in limits in order to be winning players?

Allinlife · #2 10-11-2005, 09:11 PM

developing better hand reading skills and learning when to apply the pressure correctly according to those reads I guess?

Voltron87 · #3 10-11-2005, 09:24 PM

they adaopt to table flow and the texture of the board much better IMO.

Malachii · #4 10-11-2005, 09:32 PM

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they adapt to table flow and the texture of the board much better IMO.

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What specifically do you mean by this?

captZEEbo1 · #5 10-11-2005, 09:40 PM

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they adapt to table flow and the texture of the board much better IMO.

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What specifically do you mean by this?

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...texture...meaning that they know the relative worth of their hand based on the board. I see n00bs ask, "how do you play TPTK when faced with a raise?" Guess what there are more than one type of board with TPTK. Even wtih AK. AK on KQJ board is not a very good hand, but AK on A22r board is much better. They have a better understanding of what their opponents might have when they bet with AK[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] on A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] what their opponents likely hands are. Because AK on A or K board means nothing. Based on what their opponents have, they know how to procede with their hand based on bet sizes.

...table flow....they know how to change their game when table is playing too loose aggressive tight passive etc

craze9 · #6 10-11-2005, 09:48 PM

They fold overpairs.

Andrew Fletcher · #7 10-11-2005, 09:54 PM

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They fold overpairs.

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Allinlife · #8 10-11-2005, 10:15 PM

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They fold overpairs.

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this statement is too general to be correct. I guess you can say that they can evalute their relative hand strength better and play accordingly..

kagame · #9 10-12-2005, 10:47 PM

they fold boats and flushes

Malachii · #10 10-11-2005, 10:46 PM

I don't think this is very helpful. Good $100NL or $200NL players are definitely able to fold overpairs.