Hi everyone,
I've been playing poker for some time and recently switched to medium stakes cash games ($2/$5 and $5/$10). I find the competition much tougher and I would like to know your opinion on the strategies that work at this level.
Today some will call NL1000 online high stakes. Nevermind that’s semantics,
You will meet players who are very skilled.
The fact that you should have 100 buy-ins - $100.000 - according to sound BRM thins the field.
A. Players know just about everything about GTO.
B. Players don’t see GTO as The Holy Grail.
C. Players deviate slightly from GTO whenever possible. To gain an edge. To
bluff. To be unpredictable.
D. Accordingly players are not afraid to be exploitable. Perfect poker is to not be playing perfect.
E. That being said there is no such thing as perfect poker.
F. You will only meet three types of players: TAG, TAG+ and LAG.
G. Expect players to have played millions of
hands over thousand of hours.
H. Expect players to have studied the game thoroughly. More than a thousand hours easily.
G.
bluffing is paramount. Much more than low stakes. Players know all types of bluffs and how to execute them.
H. You will se cunning and clinical betsizing.
I. The player pool is limited and you will only find action on GG and
pokerstars. Sometimes tables at Stars are empty outsite the peak hours.
If you want more specifics I’d be happy to
oblige.