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Originally Posted by Investing88
I am a fairly new player to poker and I want to start at the bottom and work my way up the microstakes. I am a U.S. player so I will be playing on Global Poker and Ignition. I have read that once you are beginning it is better to learn and play with exploitative poker and good fundamentals, especially at 4nl and 10nl. I was wondering, though, if i want to get to 100nl and 200nl online, when would be the best time to begin GTO study such as reading both of Matthew Jandas books and exploring PioSolver and GTO range builder? would it be at the 20nl? 50nl? or something else entirely?
It does depend on the limits but be careful. I've found players on $0.01/0.02 cash tables on pokerstars that you need to be balanced (GTO-like) against.
Since your are a new player as you say, let me show you how a typical poker career looks like:
Level 0 player - the fish: bluffs too much. Most players (including me) starts here.
Level 1 player - the (bad) tight aggressive: Beats the fish. Reaching this level teaches you the power of value hands.
Level 2 player - the decent loose aggressive: Beats the bad tight aggressive. To reach this level, you need to beat the guy who bets only for value. This is a turning point in your career because once you know you shouldn't play only for value, then you start being decently "balanced" (GTO like).
Level 3 player - the master: play very good balanced (GTO).
On low limits, I've found that most players get stuck on level 0 and level 1 you're right. But you will find some players at level 2 too. I would advise to stay on low limits until you beat level 2.