Quote Originally Posted by bdawg56kg
Also, Jeffry, did you find that your ROI increased when playing at a NL100 table versus a NL25 table w/ the same buy in ($20 or $25)? How about variance? Do you experience greater variance using the buy in short strategy?
I can't really speak to this. I started buying in short long before I moved up to NL$100. Basically had to when my BR was $10, and since I knew I could outplay the competition at the next higher level, rather than ever trying to buy-in full, I moved up to take advantage of the higher payouts. At no level (save NL$50, due to limited experience and the presence of nearly all of my major downswings during this level) did I make less than 5BB/100 (over thousands of hands). Usually it was significantly more than that. But again, I don't have full-stack experience to compare my win rate.

Quote Originally Posted by bdawg56kg
Let me post some hypothetical situations. Say you have AQ in the CO, so you raise to $4. 2 people call. Flop is A49, 2 suited. They both check to you. How much do you bet here, since any sort of bet will almost commit you to this pot? Do you just push? What if the flop is all blanks? Do you use a continuation bet, keeping in mind that if you are called, you are basically commited to the pot.
Next, say a guy in MP raises to $4, you hold 44 on the button. Do you just call the raise, even though your stack is much less than 10x the raise? Thanks.
AQ in CO w/ A49 flop: Assuming no reads, I'd bet this. Unless there's a reason no alter it, basically every one of my bets is 2/3 pot. So here, assuming you start with $20, bet $4 w/ 2 callers => pot = $12. Bet $8. If you get a caller you're betting your remaining $8 on the turn almost regardless. If the flush card comes and they put you all in, probably fold, but anything else is a call/push. Backing up a minute though, I'd probably bet $5 preflop if there were already 2 limpers. I increase my raises according to the number of limpers to discourage multiway pots.

Continuation betting a blank flop: Depends. If you haven't yet established an image at the table, I'd bet it about 1/2 the time if you're in late position. If the table knows you're tight (and responds in kind), I do this more often. If you were in EP in the same situation, I'd probably drop that down to 1/3. Reads change everything.

Holding 44 on the botton to a $4 raise: Depends. If there are callers ahead of you, or a bunch of limpers ahead of him, probably call. If it was folded around to him and then subsequently folded around to you, probably fold. Reads can change everything. If you can reliably put him on high cards, you might even reraise to ensure it's HU and prepare for a post-flop bet (where you'll likely take it down unless he hits).