I gotta say that the BR advice offered in this thread has been very useful and effective.

About ten days ago, I deposited $50 at Ultimate Bet.

I started out at the $2 tables and made a couple of bucks but I hated the all-in maniacs who just didn't care if they won or lost. So I decided to move up.

Before I did, I did something really stupid. I played a $20 SNG and a $5 SNG, and lost both of them, putting my BR down to $31.

Since then, I've been playing the $10 tables (.10 BB) and I have built my BR up to $144 in these 9 or 10 days (I know that doing that was going outside of the BR management advice offered, but the action at the $2 was so ridiculous that it wasn't even fun, and I think that it actually makes your game worse by playing those).

My high point was $147, then I went on a down swing, and dropped to $114, but last night I went on a rush, and got it back up to $144.

I would like to move up in stakes, but I'm following the advice given here, and will not be moving up to the $25 tables until I hit about $300 or so.

That way if I take a swing like I just did recently, then it won't really affect me or damage the BR.

Thoughts?