Quote Originally Posted by jackvance
Quote Originally Posted by Renton
play with more than 9 buyins. You are asking for trouble.
I had 11.5 buy-ins when I moved. My personal threshold for 10NL and 20NL is 10 buy-ins b/c I have confidence in my skill there. For MTTs and SNGs or higher limits I wouldn't play under "standard" roll requirements b/c I don't have that confidence there.
Its not a matter of confidence. 10 buyin swings occur to the best of us. When I first moved to 100nl I had an 8 buyin downswing (not that I am that good, but I probably have as much of an edge over 100nl as you have over 20nl). Thankfully, I moved up with 25 buyins so it didn't discourage me too much.