2/4 to 5/10 NLH

Mr. Flibble

Does anyone who progressed from 1/2 to 5/10 have any comments on the softness of the play of the different levels? You'd presume that each is a bit harder than the last but is it really?
I remember someone commenting back in the Tribeca days that they found 2/4 particularly hard. Now looking at iPoker there are way less 3/6 tables going than 5/10. 3/6 being such an odd number social players may avoid it and just play 5/10, leaving the 3/6 tables full of people using it as a stepping stone from 2/4 to 5/10 - ie. people who take it somewhat seriously. Anyone think this is the case?

Is anyone here playing much 2/4 on iPoker, are you finding it much different than 1/2? I'm bouncing between it and 1/2 at the moment.

ianmc38

I find both levels similar enough. 2/4 and 3/6 are also similar though some 5/10 regs often play 3/6 as well. 5/10 is a different planet to all the lower levels.

BigCityBanker

ianmc38 wrote: »

5/10 is a different planet to all the lower levels.

in what sense Ian?

ianmc38

mostly regulars with fewer leaks. less fish. tighter games etc. there's really no comparison between 2/4 and 5/10 standard wise.

robinlacey

i agree with ian,to the point where i've decided to stop playing 5/10 as my standard game because i realised that if i had played 2/4 all last year instead of 5/10 i would have made more money (my winrate at 5/10 was 2ptbb/100,which is the same as 5ptbb/100 at 2/4,plus 2/4 has lower varience so i'm more likely to get more hours in,and i can easily 8 table 2/4 and 3/6 wheras 6 is the most i can handle at 5/10.

3/6 and 2/4 are much the same,standard wise,but as you mention there's less games,ideally i'd play 3/6 all the time but since there's not as many games i'll be mixing the two.

the thing about 5/10 is that its a level where a lot of people are happy to stay there,since once you are winning there you are making a lot of money,so i think a lot of good players get to 5/10 and decide to stay rather than trying to move on to 10/20. so a lot of the games are filled with tight regulars who are decent enough,which obviously cuts dramatically into your winrate and increases your stress.

valor

robin whats the craic why are u never on MSN, are u back in ireland?

robinlacey

hey gavin
my laptop is ****ed so i'm using my desktop,haven't got around to installing msn on it but i'll sort it out now

Mr. Flibble

Cheers for the info. Looks like a challenge awaits when I get to 5/10. 2/4 first tho.

It feels like I'm moving down levels with the $ as it is. Maybe someone could mention this to the Americans and have them all move up a level.

The Ace Face

I find 1/2 ok but when I take an undisciplined spin to 2/4 or 3/6 I find it tougher ( i.e. get my ass kicked ).

Side issue: I meet a reg called Gachisteach alot is he Irish/boarder?

Ray

meathman 007

The Ace Face wrote: »

I find 1/2 ok but when I take an undisciplined spin to 2/4 or 3/6 I find it tougher ( i.e. get my ass kicked ).

Side issue: I meet a reg called Gachisteach alot is he Irish/boarder?

Ray

i played against gachisteach a lot and have him as a decent winner - however he is not a great player imo and is easily exploited

ianmc38

Gachisteach used to play 2/4. He's absolutely terrible. 20/6 or something.

luckylucky

The Ace Face wrote: »

I find 1/2 ok but when I take an undisciplined spin to 2/4 or 3/6 I find it tougher ( i.e. get my ass kicked ).

Side issue: I meet a reg called Gachisteach alot is he Irish/boarder?

Ray

Taking shots especially with scared money almost always ends in tears. i'm well experienced in that department unforunately

meathman 007 wrote: »

i played against gachisteach a lot and have him as a decent winner - however he is not a great player imo and is easily exploited

ianmc38 wrote: »

Gachisteach used to play 2/4. He's absolutely terrible. 20/6 or something.

I've played against Gachisteach too, I don't have him buddylisted so that makes him at least competent imo, especially as he's been around for a while and is almost certainly a winning player, anybody who is a winning player these days on online poker gets my respect as a poker player.

Let's be honest it's rare for us to over estimate our opponents. Mistakes are part of the game. I've made many minor ones and when I'm not thinking straight I've fcked up royally and made major ones.

I know full sure that people who are worse players than me have buddylisted me on one of my bad days or moments and have paid dearly on another occasion for doing so, similarly I've no doubt buddy listed superior players to me.

I don't think it's really appropiate or to be blunt even nice slagging off a player who is almost definitely Irish and very possibly a boardsie who might be reading this as being 'absolutely terrible' and 'being easily explotable too'.

What's with this sort of arrogant american type attitude these days that you can say those sort of things on a public forum about one of your own, it's so unIrish. Really if you are a winning player take your success, be glad, be proud, but don't be fkin arrogant about it.

The Ace Face

I have 4k hands on him, down 2k ish..but seems solid enough to me... 20/8/1.5 are his stats... I would say his a bit passive pre and post but not rubbish by any means.

Ray

LuckyLucky ... agree with ur comments

Hawk Eye

I've had a similar line of thinking as robin and ian for a while now. I haven't taking a proper shot at 5/10 over a decent sample maybe only 8k hands as I'm in such a comfort zone at 2/4. Most 5/10 tables going are filled with 4-5solid regs and feel I'd definitely need some sort of coaching to be confident of my edge.

Mr. Flibble

Played with Gachisteach a bit. I kinda presumed he frequented these forums but never asked.
Got 8.3k hands at 1/2 and he's down 0.5BB/100, not buddylistable in my book.