The 1/3 game has a $100 min and $300 max BI
The 2/5 game has a $200 min and $1000 max BI

Common raises at 1/3 are $12-$15. Sometimes with additional BBx per limper(s), sometimes not. Should I assume $20-$25 is the going rate at $2-$5?

Longtime lurker. Have built a roll playing the 1/3 up to 11.5k after starting at 1k @ about 30 BB/hr. Was considering sitting down at a 2/5 table once to get my feet wet since the player pool overlaps a good deal and some fishes swim in both waters but I don't want to sit down unprepared. Suppose this is where I note that, with exceptions, $20-$25 is already my standard raise at 1/3.

Only biggish bluffs I've had to show are semibluffs that didn't get there or semibluffs that did or A high bluffcatchers, which has put some measure of weight behind my 3-bets and c-bets, which I can then exploit when prudent. Start every hand asking myself if "fold-pre" would be the after-the-fact advice. Some think I'm tight, some think I'm loose-ish and lucky, but pot/implied odds are a thing and if you're paying attention, I'm only loose-ish with position or a weak table. From what I can tell, just keep playing like this @ 2/5, but keep the loose-ish away until comfortable?

30 bb/hr at 1/3 NL?!?! Wowzers. Sample size?

Gmyevenmoveupatthatrate?G

It just depends on the local conditions. In a lot of 2/5 games, $15-20 is the standard. In others it's $25-30.

TBQH, the 200BB max BI is going to make much more difference in the game than the slightly larger blinds. For two reasons: 1) you'll be playing deep and 2) $1K BI intimidates a bunch of fish and keeps them out of the game.

Only 310 hours. Felted three times. I've been playing well but I certainly don't think I have the game "beat". There are some players who are just *bad* and can be exploited. Obviously luck plays some part of it: my head-track of flopped flush draws over the last ten sessions that hit is a hair under 30% but that margin has been covered by running hot with open ended straight draws, and a two overs gutshot hit that picked up a BI by itself two sessions ago.

Thank you.

Is there any reason -- other than effective stacks being lower -- to not BI for 1K?

Assuming betting will mirror pot-centric betting, but the depth will increase frequency of larger % of pot bets? All else equal that's a worry of mine, not adjusting to bigger pot % / bigger than the pot bets.

If your roll is only 11.5K, I definitely would buy in for 100BBs at first, both to get used to the bigger game and to reduce your risk-of-ruin.

Kid got the phone. Apologies.

Since I'll be playing tight anyways, is there a threshold of effective stacks where 100 BB is too short? If it's a full table and everybody's at $800+, or it's a new game and everyone is in at Max BI?

I guess the question is, how short of stack should I be willing to sit down with?

I have zero experience moving up in stakes, but don't most recommend simply shortstacking while getting their feet wet? i.e. why not just shortstack BI at $200 and get a feel for the game before adding on if you see fit? If you're going to play tight, sitting with a shortstack is probably optimal, no?

Also, as you probably know, you've been running quite well over a fairly short sample size at 1/3 NL; don't set your expectations too high.

Ggoodluck!G

Observe what the table avg open size is accomplishing when you sit down and adjust for your desired result.

My standard open starts at 15 at 1/3 and 25 at 2/5-1k. But obv I adjust given the table.

I'd buy in 500 which allows you to set mine a little as well as play value hands strong without getting in much trouble while getting your feet wet.