TY Nathan Williams

In my last post my bankroll was at $250 and i was taking a shot at NL$25, however i lost two buy-ins and moved back down to NL$10 and then lost a furthet 8 buy-ins so my bankroll was  back down to about $120 which meant i couldn't play more than about 8 tables of NL$10 (leaving a couple of buy-ins behind). A bit pissed off with some of my plays i decided to  read through Nathan Williams book "Crushing the Microstakes" (which i reviewed in my last post).

I made loads of bullet points on my virtual notepad and have now got them permanently on my desktop.

Here is a copy of my notes made during reading "Crushing the Microstakes":

 3-bet frequently with AK, AQ, QQ , JJ
unless some NIT opens in early pos.

3-BET   3x original raise size  IP
            4x original raise size OOP

call a fish with speculative hands IP
 look to 3-BET/FOLD majority of time.

only 3-bet for value the majority of the time
2%-4%

4-bet only AA KK  except against maniacs
don't 4-bet bluff

4-bet  2.5x yr opponents 3-bet

set mining = opponent must have at least
                   50BB for you to call

C-BET about 75% of the time

DON'T c-bet OOP against a FISH or SLP
          on a wet co-ordinated board

AF  <1  hesitant in calling a river bet
        2  mostly river betting for value
    3&4  hard to tell
    5<   maniac, call pretty wide here

(bets between 50-75% of pot on river)


NO SLOWPLAY (unless quads or better)
biggest losing mentality is people who think they need to keep players in the pot and don't want to scare them off.
WIN by ruthlessly shoving my 2pair+ hands down their throat!!!

KEEP YR DECISIONS SIMPLE

DON'T BLUFF AT MICROS  (i.e a bet made on the turn or river with AIR)

WHEN YOU GET RAISED ON THE TURN (when you bet the flop) it is almost a nut hand, so if you cant beat 2pair or better FOLD)

RIVER RAISES ARE THE NUTS!!!

MAKE SURE YOU DRAW TO THE NUTS

NEVER FOLD KK preflop apart from against a big NIT


I also think at the Micros that if you treat every villians opening bet as a minimum of AQ (unless from a fish/maniac or a villian on the BTN) you cant go far wrong and wont waste money calling to light or get yourself into trouble on further streets.

I managed to make a few adjustments to my Holdem Manger HUD and now i can play 18 tables without it lagging or crashing (before it crashed at about 14 tables). I also copied the HUD layout/values from the book plus Nathans bet slider options.

I then decided to drop back down to NL$5 so i could play 18 tables and tbh i have not looked back. I have been crushing NL$5 for over 10BB/100. (although not over a huge sample:approx 6k hands).
The other day i managed to win 8 buy-ins which just goes to show you that Nathans techniques work.

I also hit my 45k VPP milestone bonus of $50 and cashed another $25 FPP bonus which put my bankroll back upto $230. However this time i am going to carry on grinding NL$10 until my bankroll is upto about $550, which will be better suited to take a shot at NL$25.

I have just finished an hour session at NL$10 and was good for 2-buy-ins, so a big THANK YOU to Nathan Williams and his awesome book. Please dont read it, like i said in my review i want to keep those secrets to myself LOL.