Heya guys , is there someone who was struggling on NL5 and managed to make from - to + winrate? (like 4 or 5bb/100). What was your adjustment? Where were you leaking? These guys, when you check one street, keep barreling the next 2 streets and somehow always got something of that board :P How did you adjust?

Thanks

mostly stop paying people off. Generally at 5nl you do not want to call multiple barrels unless you beat some of their value range

Tightening up your pre-flop range from all positions is always a good place to start if you're losing at a limit.

If you don't have tracking software get some so that you can easily tell who the tight regs are and who the fish are. This will then determine how you play against them. AA might be good for three streets of value versus the guy running 45/10 but not so much versus the 10/8 Moldovan nit-reg.

If you get raised post-flop then you're probably beaten if you've only get a one pair hand unless villain is an aggro-fish.

Set-mining is profitable from all over the table.

A lot of regs fold to 3bets way too much. Hands like A5s make great 3bet bluffs versus these guys that give you some equity when called. Make sure not to confuse them with the calling stations though. Versus the Calling stations you want to widen your 3bet value range, so like 99+ AJ+ KJs+ are all good from position.

Unless you have an excellent reason stop calling 3bets out of position.

Unexpected big bets on the river are almost always for value. Even if the hands that beat you make no sense given their line....they probably have it.

30bbs saved by not calling when you know you're beat but can't help yourself is the same as 30bbs won at showdown to your bottom line.

Try not to spew off chips in un-raised pots when you're in SB/BB. These spots are insidious. One moment you're completing for 1BB after 4 limpers with 54s. The next you're down a buy-in because your flopped top pair and turned 2-pair ran into a straight.

Same goes for SB vs BB battles. Yes it is possible for them to have premium cards sometimes and their 3bet wasn't them pushing you around. Don't feel the need to defend yourself just so that you don't appear "weak".

And finally...once again, tighten up your range. You can't build a decent house without solid foundations.

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Seconded! This seems great advice. I used to bleed off money at 5NL playing too loose.

I'd add it's also worth changing table regularly if your table isn't great. You get amazing fish at 5NL and sitting in position on them is really profitable. With a table of nitty regs it's hard to beat the rakes by much.

Pure gold. The blinds happen so often that mistakes there are huge leaks.

I would suggest just playing ABC poker and sticking to that. I've been guilty of getting like no good cards for 600+ hands in a row and it really sucks so I start playing speculative hands. Just make sure to stick to quality starting hands and 5nl should be easy to beat.

Also use a HUD if you're not and that will help a ton.