Anyone can post in here any little gem of wisdom about micro NL. It can be obvious, it can be theoretical, it can be psychology/tilt management/whatever. The important thing is it's as solid as it can be, and not too way out or questionable.

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The 10-5 rule is this (it's from a book by Ciaffone I think): if you're in position (and that means on the button, or on the cut-off if the button is weak) and are raised, and you have a speculative hand like Axs or suited connectors or a little pair, you have a clear call if the cost to call is 5% of the effective (ie smallest) stack or less, and a clear fold if it's 10% or more of the effective stack. If it falls between, you use your judgement to decide - but tend to want to play pairs for set value.


A further rule is the 6-3 rule. For even more speculative hands, like 1 or 2-gapper SC or stuff like 87o, and you are in position, you have a clear call if it's less than 3% of the effective stacks, and a fold if more than 6%. Between, it's a judgement call.

Tend to call when it's within judgement range when:
- it's a multiway
- you have a pair
- at least one person is a calling station and can stack off, or are in some way obvious and predictable in terms of extracting money
- you are pretty certain you won't be raised behind
- the cost is closer to 5% (or 3%) than the upper range

Tend to fold within judgement range when:
- it'll be HU against a good player
- it's at the bottom end of whatever you're range you want to play
- the people behind are aggy
- when the cost is towards the upper judgement range




one thing to stress: THESE RULES ARE FOR WHEN YOU ARE IN POSITION - SPECIFICALLY THE CUTOFF AND BUTTON. A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET THIS.

Folding is an aggressive play.

Many profits from Micro-NL come from being able to outfold your opponents.

If you have the nuts at the river, and the villain has maybe a 10% or 15% chance of having a solid but second-best hand, push all in - even if it's a massive overbet. My experience is this is more +EV than thin value-betting.

Big bets usually equal big hands.

When a player whose aggression is less than one starts to bet, its likely that top pair is not good enough.

Try not to take any action in a hand without knowing why you are doing it, for example "betting for value", "calling to bet a scare card" etc. This helps you improve as you see how/when plans went right and wrong.

Playing out of position sucks.... especially with a one pair type hand like AQ. Folding preflop (plan your actions before you make any play) is an excellent option.

Look for and learn when to spot times to Float and 3Bet light PF. These two situations will go along way in improving your bottom line at ALL stakes. You can't always have a hand... you need a play or two to make up the difference between a player that plays his cards and a card player.

1)Spot the regulars and play accordingly.
2)Fold AQo early and to most raisers (its hard to even win a big pot unless you hit AQ on the flop)
3) 3bet KK/AA harder than most.
4) If you're betting to keep someone off their obvious flush/straight draw, don't leave yourself left with smaller than a PSB on the river, push turn instead.

Before you c-bet.

(A) Allocate a pre-flop range for the caller.
(B) Does that flop miss that range most of the time?
(C) Does this guy lay down unimproved overcards and underpairs?

IT TAKES A BETTER HAND TO CALL THAN BET!!!!!!!
Dont wimp out when called, what are they calling with? Remember its hard to flop sets and the nuts, and dont fear a caller even if you have missed.

This may be an obvious one but....

"Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents' cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you could see all their cards, they lose. Conversely, every time opponents play their hands differently from the way they would have if they could see all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their hands the same way they would have played if they could see all your cards, you lose."

- D. Sklansky

tighten up in the blinds for gods sake, it's not a tournament.

Don't go down a dark alley. It's very difficult once you've entered to get out unscathed.

In other words, be careful what cards you play pre-flop and be mindful of how you play post-flop as well. One mistake can amplify later.

exactly. +1 Most mistakes start PF and they just snowball

Plan your hands, prepare yourself for situations that may come up on later streets and know what you are going to do before it happens. All too often do I see posts where people are lost because they werent thinking ahead.