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Originally Posted by EPTchips
What is it that makes NL50z so difficult?
Rake is insane, a lot of regs are competent and there arent as many people punting off stacks to justify the rake. On 25z and 16z it seems that if you just valueown people you will do fine because of how many calling mistakes people are doing. On 50z you have to overbluff pretty hard vs some people, specially OTT and learn how to fold a lot. You need to get value off people and dont pay them off.
If regs at 50z start bluffing at an optimal frequency, then the stake will be close to unbeatable during weekdays because of how high the rake is. A lot of the time I was playing 50z I wad folding and thinking "I have to fold this AND villain has to be underbluffing, otherwise I cant beat this game". Learn how to fold even flushes/FHs, even vs minraises, thats the most important skill in beating 50z.
A lot of people will say 50z is a joke, but 8bb/100 in rake is no joke. Its very hard to beat a game for that many bbs just to breakeven, you need to be owning people pretty hard. People also underestimate a lot of regs at 50z too, tbh there are a lot of regfish that play 200z that play worse than the best regs at 50z, they just dont have the bankroll to play higher and are stuck in that raketrap.