Originally Posted by taipan168

Keep on playing $6.50s, when you win a $6.50 then play a $16, and keep on playing $16s until you finish OTM at them, then move back down to $6.50s, rinse and repeat until you have ~$500 at which time move up to the $16s permanently.

20 buyins isn't sufficient for the $16s IMO, it's very possible to have a 20 buyin downswing and you wouldn't want that to wipe you out.