Fear and Loathing at the Micros

Moved up to 5NL for the last couple of weeks. After trying a few times to move up, I have finally "stuck" at 5NL. This limit seems really soft, to a certain degree it seems a little easier than 2NL, which might sound weird. It took some adjusting to, to the different villain's in that they are a little more aggressive on the flop and I seem to find that 50bb short stacks seem to be really aggressive with draws. So it's easier to get value from these players. I am finally finding that I am able to put opponents on ranges pre flop - as 3bets seem to work a lot better than at 2NL. I think a lot of players seem to think they know what they are doing at 5NL - but don't really. At 2NL players don't know what they are doing, but I think they are just having fun and probably learning as well. 

I have won about 6BI's this month at 5NL most of which have come in the last week or so. This is mainly due to just running so so bad at the beginning of April. So we are @28.5BI's and I also have $50 of steller rewards and then another $25 from the VIP, so that is whopping $75 (lol) so that is a massive 15BI's in rewards / rakeback. Finding the VIP rewards programme really difficult at 5NL and if volume is your problem, then it can prove tough to get the best out of it.

So as per 2NL - I think I will try to play x thousand of hands at 5NL and after I feel I have a decent winrate and at least 20BI's for 10NL - I'll start to think about moving up again. Until that point - into the battle of 5NL. Hope it's an enjoyable one! :)

April at mainly 5NL: