Quote Originally Posted by r8ed
I don't doubt your progress or your ability, but I find it hard to believe that the levels from 25NL to 100NL are the same. You are probably an exceptional player that can adapt well. I haven't played over 25NL myself, but I have heard other make comments that 50NL is many rocks. I just don't want an FTR member who had three good sessions at 25NL thinking they are ready for 100NL and getting smoked. I would think postflop decisions are much more delicate as you move up.

If I'm off base here, then I'm ready to move up. I'm over 10BB/100 at 25NL. I'd like those BB's to be more profitable.
I understand your concern. What I said is that from MY experience I haven't seen a difference between NL25 and NL100. Maybe that at your table, you'll have 1-2 skilled players. But NL100 is still pretty fishy. You'll see the typical plays that you see at NL25 (calling pot-size bets with KJ with a K on the board, calling draws with terrible odds, etc...). It might also depends on site you play on. I'd be curious to see if other FTR members agree.

I did see a difference between NL100 and NL200 however. Players seem to have a clue of what's going on and play a tight agressive style too. You cannot sit down and wait for them to pay you off.

I am not by any mean a special poker player. I play a pretty basic game. I avoid loosing big pots with hands like AQ, KQ, AJ, etc.. When I face a raise on the flop, I almost always fold or reraise (unless I want to slowplay). If I don't like my hand enought to raise, I'll lay it down instead of calling and hoping that my hand is good enough to win at showdown.

IMO, if you earn 10BB at NL25, there's NO WAY that you would earn less money / hour at NL100.. Maybe you won't sustain 10BB (if you mean BigBet) at NL100 (mine is around 7-8), but 5BB is maybe more realistic. However, I do not recommend making the jump right now. I did it very slowly and I'd recommend that you do the same.. While you play a lot of hands at NL50, you'll improve your game and you'll be ready for Nl100.

At first, I was thinking exactly like you.. I was afraid of NL50 and I thought that NL100 players were probably some kind of poker gods.

Edit: The amount of hands you've played should also tell whether you're ready or not for moving up.. If you have 10BB/100 over 1000hands, then stick to NL25.. But if you have played 20k hands, I'd recommend trying to move up.