I took shots at NL16/NL25 5-6 times over the last six years or so, but I always get chewed up and my bankroll demolished. I build my bankroll beating NL10 Zoom full ring. Rebuild, demolish at NL16/25, repeat.

My latest DB is 150K NL10Z hands. My winrate is 3.8bb/100 before bonus. I am up an additional +8.5 stacks in All-In EV (Sklansky bucks, yeah!). This time around I've managed to hold on to a $650 bankroll at NL16/25, but I am only breaking even (before bonus) for a couple of months now.

My play style. Over those 150K NL10 Zoom hands, my VPIP/PFR/3B is 18/13/5 overall, widening to 26/16/5 in late position. My calling range includes set mines OOP and suited connectors IP. Preflop I steal and resteal a lot. Postflop, I CB Flop and Turn with draws and scare cards, I raise with my best draws, and just generally try not to let the pot get bigger than my hand/draw strength.

I know already the randomizing of players and positions in Zoom forces me to play a more disciplined game. I don't get into the wrong headspace, judging the play by how Villain played two hands ago. In Zoom, I just play my HUD and watch for weird lines.

I feel like at NL16/25, guys are reading my range vis-à-vis the board better than I do them. On later streets, they are stealing pots and extracting value from me because they see more. That's my hunch.

Any suggestions? Any one else had similar experience? Thanks.

I think you should study more vis-à-vis poker.

This is the 6max forum. I found a bit of a step up from 10nl to 16nl at full ring but not so much from 16nl to 25nl. I found that I had to improve my hand reading ability before I could win consistently at 16nl. There are less tables running there so you quickly build up a history with the other regs. This is good practice for you to look at their games and see if they have any obvious exploits that you can take advantage of. People 3bet there more than they do at 10nl but their 4bet ranges are still very much value heavy. Regs also underbluff rivers and postflop raises are almost always nuttish or large draws. I'd also recommend starting tables because you'll be able to play heads up and short-handed for longer against players who do not adjust well for longer due to the lower traffic. Best of luck.

Apologies. I restarted this thread in the proper forum.