I m a pretty solid winner at 20 NL 6max, playing ABC fairly nitty TAG - 18/16, 5% 3B, 5 AF, CB 70%.

I am going to be playing 1/2 live poker, one of my first times ever, and literally my first time since I was a fish. I realize that I need to change my game a bit, to account for the different dynamic live.

Obviously the biggest thing is just getting used to noticing player tendencies without a HUD, and I am playing some 10 NL full ring without a HUD to practice. And of course, I have to get used to the slow pace and real amounts of money (and variance). But there are also concrete changes in play style to make.

From reading here, I already have a couple of ideas, but I'd certainly welcome others (as well as critique of these).

1. Open bigger. Online, I open for 3x +1x limper. I'm thinking live, I'll try 4x + 1x, and in EP, 5x + 1x (stronger range, multiway worse OOP).

2. Be willing to limp a bit more - when there are 4 or 5 player flops it can be profitable to limp some suited connectors or small pairs (and less profitable to raise them, if I am raising bigger).

3. Vary cbet sizing more - since I'll see fewer hands against these people to notice patterns, and since they're not counting pot size that well, I can afford to cbet somewhat smaller when I don't hit the flop.

Going to lock this. The answer is that you are moving from a world where play is pretty homogenous to a world where table conditions can change in 2-3 minutes. I've been on plenty of 1/2 tables where almost nobody limps for 3 hours, then everyone starts limping everything. The hardest transition for online players is that you can't play a default style and win. The rake will eat your profits. You have to exploit each player.

Therefore going in with a "plan" on how you are going play is the wrong way to proceed. You need to develop the plan for each player at the table. That takes time and observation.

Good luck.