Bankroll management bankroll management bankroll management. Read the stuff here and adhere to it. Otherwise you will be back to zero again soon enough...

Quote Originally Posted by chumpafoo
am pretty confident I have 10nl beat.
Play another 10k hands of 10nl, if you're still beating it then go and beat 25nl. Your roll is $1200, but you didn't win that from playing fullring cash poker... I guess you could just dive straight into 25nl, but step back if your roll drops below $1000 (losing 8 buyins could be variance, or could be worth improving before you drop even more)

Quote Originally Posted by chumpafoo
I particularly enjoyed losing 10-10 to 10-10 all in preflop
You've got to have a pretty good read to be getting it all-in pre flop with pocket tens. Sure, this was a badbeat, but when villain more likely has qq-aa you sorta deserved it.

Quote Originally Posted by chumpafoo
ended up with $1200 for 6th.
Very nice score dude, congratulations!

Quote Originally Posted by chumpafoo
I'm comfortable at most levels for MTT's.... I'm ok at SnG but it's not my strong point (I'm guessing I should be playing at about $50 buy-in?).
good mtt players are usually pretty solid SnG players... and $50 is too high.

Quote Originally Posted by chumpafoo
What are peoples opinions on stepping up the cash stakes - I will probably play a bit of 25nl tonight, but should I be looking to play 100nl if that goes ok?
re-read the bankroll management stuff. Understand the why behind the 30 buyins rule. You'd have to be running very well to move up to 100nl, turning $1200 into $3000 at 25nl could take a while... what about the intermediate step of 50nl?


As for bonuses and rakeback. If you're planning to be playing at the stakes you anticipate playing at I think you'd be silly not to be whoring. You can clear a lot of bonuses at 25nl... if you aren't US based then you can be earning a bunch while you play. Um, how many cash tables you comfortable running concurrently? and don't sign up to any new site without exploring the rakeback options thoroughly!