Quote Originally Posted by Miffed
On 2+2 their is an old post about how its ok to start taking shots at 100nl if you have $1500 and are running pretty well.
In that same article, it talks about never thinking of yourself as a certain stakes player. It states that by calling yourself, or thinking of yourself, as a $50NL player for example, can cause you to hesitate to move down as well for reasons like, when there are no good tables, adapting to a new site, losing several buyins or when your confidence takes a hit. It's more about taking your shots when you feel confident in your play, and moving down when things don't go well. When they do, you can easily end up with the proper roll for that stake. For example, you have $850 in your roll, that's 34 buy ins at $25NL, and only 17 at $50NL. You can afford to lose 3 or 4 buyins taking your shot at $50NL, and if things go bad you would still have 30 buy ins at $25NL. If you hit a couple pots and have a decent run, you now are rolled for $50NL legitimately. But if you think of yourself as a $50NL player now exclusively, look out if you have a couple buy-ins downswing. You need to re-evaluate constantly, What stakes your at, and what's your roll.

Middle stakes players are much better at this than low limit players. They will play the $200, $400 or $600NL tables. Wherever the juciest game is. If your favorite fish has redeposited and is sitting at a higher stake and you can afford a buy in or two, go get him. Just don't lose 5 buy ins trying to get his. I've taken 2 shots at a $100NL table already. Lost a buy in on the first attempt, QQ to KJo, when my set became his str8, and I'm waiting to take another shot.