NL -> Limit $100 going up the stakes

[gulebjorn]

Hey everyone, this is my first post in this forum. I've always spent my time on 2+2 in SSPL&NLHE, so I don't know if this post is stupid/redundant/inappropriate. If so, just let it die.

I've always been a NL player, currently at $100NL games. I've played maybe 5 hours of fixed limit hold'em in my life. I've been thinking for a while to take up some fixed limit playing, and today I finally did. I took $100 and put it into pokerroom. I will use this account for fixed limit cash games only.

The plan is to move up in limits as fast as I can. I will use a 100xPTBB bankroll, and move up whenever I have 100 big bets for the next level. When I drop below this, I'll move down again.

I started out 3-tabling $0.50-$1 HE today. I played for 1.5 hrs and ended up $36. When I reach $200, I will move up to $1-$2 FL HE.

I don't know if you have a lot of NL -> Limit threads in here. I'll try to comment on the biggest differences I see between the games.

My thought for today was:

In a NL game, if a lot of people fold before it's your turn, you can lower your starting hand requirements considerably. In a limit game, it almost seems as if you want to lower your starting hand requirements if there are a lot of people in the pot, so you can gamble and try to flop big. Any thoughts on that?

And a question: is there a rule of thumb of how to play small pairs preflop? In a NL game, I almost never fold em PF.

Anyway, I wonder how this is gonna turn out. Hope it will be interesting.

All comments and advice is appreciated.