Difference Between .5/.10 Vs .25/.50

[AngelicPenguin]

My experience was that they were almost as loose preflop, but tended to fold a bit more postflop (esp. to turn bets) That said the game was a joke, and if you play ABC poker you cannot lose.
Was a bit of a shock early on betting 5x what you are used to however =)

[rafct]

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I play on royal vegas most of the time and the .05/.10,.1/.2 games completely drove me nuts. I was able to grind up to the .25/.5 level and now the tables are about a 50/50 split of decent players and fish. I honestly think the .25/.5 level is easier because the solid players are readable. They play better but you can at least put
them on a range of hands most times. At the lower levels I could never tell if I was being called by AK or T2, the uber LAGs would kill me when I flopped TPTK and they rivered 2 pair.

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These tables are much more beatable in my opinion, I wish the 0.25/0.50 would be like that! Top pairs can be cracked more and so do premium hands.. just treat it like you had gold when you get a pocket pair hand or a good suited connector, and feel the profit when these players call and raise when you have your trips/full houses/flushes/straights.. ALso you can profit a lot with drawing hands with one million callers

[afk]

Hey man, I made this transition about a year ago or so on PokerStars. While the Stars nickel and dime was literally averaging 6 or 7 to a flop and was very very passive the .25/.50 was a little bit tighter - probably 5 or 6 to the flop - not that that's tight at all. It felt like a big jump when I made it but you start to see the same old mistakes very quickly and you'll realize that the games are pretty much just as easy on the whole scope of things.

The Stars .25/.50 game was a big more aggressive too ie. you'd see more preflop raising and the like. But you'd see a lot of awful, awful cold-calls to go along with it. Another difference is that in the .25/.50 game (and this sounds silly) but it actually starts to feel like you're playing for some decent money. Winning a $2 pot at nickel and dime was nice, but winning a $10 pot at .25/.50 actually feels like you're getting somewhere.

Anywho. The games are just as good and you'll be fine with them. Good luck in your move up.

[BatsShadow]

I actually perceived a big difference when I moved from .1/.2 to .25/.5. I was on pacific. The game to me seemed just a little tighter, enough to make position matter some. Also, I would see hands that didn't go to showdown much more often.

When I moved from .25/.5 to .5/1, I don't think I noticed as big a difference.

BTW, I would reccommend that you move up early - maybe around $120. I don't think there is much to learn at the really really nano-limits. However, only move up if you are willing to move back down when necessary. I've decided to wait till the full 300BB before moving up to 1/2, but before that, I really don't think it's worth it.

[BatsShadow]

I used prima sites as good bonus whoring opportunities till I hit the $200 needed for the granny bonus. As long as you use neteller, royal vegas and golden riviera and bet365 and crazy poker will be safe enough. Golden Riviera seems to have a habit of making you play more hands before your bonus is really cleared, but you'll still get your money.

[iNsChris]

Hi guys,

Thanks for numerous responses - Appreciated.

I think i shall move to PokerStars at around $120 then, They will give mea 20% bonus i think which will help also?

I'll try the .05/.10 as ill need to get used to the software/Visuals i think which will make it "Uncomfortable" at first. Then i shall hit the .25/.50 games.

I plan to open a netller account surely, Will find out soon if i need to register a bankaccount/credit card to it. Id like to not be linked to it and have my poker money isolated untill i wish to withdraw some to my account but not sure if they allow this?

Find out shortly,
Look forward to .25/.50 [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Also need to purchase PokerTracker Ouch... Pricey.

[rlr]

iNsChris:

"They will give me 20% bonus i think which will help also?"

Not really. You will have a damn impossible time clearing it at 25/50c IIRC. It may not even be possible and I am too lazy to look it up. However I do remember when I played there I had like 30FPP or something before I took my roll to Party. I never cleared my bonus there. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Still the (well mine) bonus does not expire so you can come back it later if you feel so inclined.

I am not sure about the Neteller and Checking acct thing. I believe you do not need one you just will not be able to do EFTs until you do but if you just use it for inter account transfers then you should have no problems. Best bet is to open a new checking acct. that you use just for poker and link it to Neteller.

[Dead]

Have fun at the .25/.50, Chris.

It is eminently crushable. Sh*t I crush it, so that should tell you something.

[TALLBrad]

This has been answered before, but here are my observations on making the move at UB from 0.01/0.02 up to 0.25/0.50 and 0.50/1.00.

As you move up to the higher stakes you have fewer people entering the pot in general, so hands that you played with pot equity to continue on a draw (4 to a flush) and OESD and hoping to get trips on your small pocket pair just aren't playable as much.

The other players also spend less time "chasing" hands. You can still find those that do, but overall you'll tend to go to showdown with just 1 player at the higher levels, vs. at the pennys I've seen showdowns go to 3 or 4 players regularly, but hey, it's only pennies.

Another responder put it best. Concentrate on playing good poker, and making logical decisions. Every once in a while you can try a bluff, or do something that doesn't make sense, but 99% of the time you should play standard/aggressive type of poker and will be able to build up your bankroll to move on.

By Standard/aggressive type of poker think in terms of betting/raising and try not to check/call if you can help it. Betting good, Raising good (in situations), check/calling is bad....

Later,
Brad.

[iNsChris]

Sounds promising, My fustrating at 0.05/.10 is caused by the chasers not folding no matter if i checkraise/Bet to protect my hand(Giving them poor odds).

Moving to stars will also improve my game(Posting hand historys more often/Easily due to converter).

Looking forward to this move, As said i will feel like im playing for money and not for a few pennys.

$2 a day up is pleasing, But at .25/.50 thats one pot!

Thanks for "votes of confidance", Advice and opinions - Keep them coming, I'll set up neteller account shortly and use this for transfering my money to pokerstars.

thanks.