OK, so I've been playing poker since aroud x-mas last year and lost money on a wide variety of sites for few months until around May/June at which point I was winning marginally but occasionally blowing chunks of my roll due to tilt.

In mid August I had a huge tilt-fest of a week after learning of the death of a friend and finding out my missus was pregnant (unplanned) the same day. I blew my roll of around $800 down to $70 and decided it was time to sort myself out.

Just over a month later I have a roll of approx $5k and have moved from 1/2 limit to 5/10 and I'm only getting between 1.5k and 2k hands per week on average (maybe a tad more)!

Now if you are still reading this tripe(adoodles)...

I play at ongame where you can colour code players so I can spot a fish at the table just by looking at the name list. I rarely (if ever) sit down unless I can find a fish or two. I find myself at tables where one or two players might be better than me, but I still win enough off the table donator to make a nice profit.

Guess what I'm saying is that I'm really no better than average for my stakes but I'm still making alot of money. I will be moving up to 10/20 soon if things carry on like this but I see players in the FL forum who are clearly better than me playing at much much lower stakes. If I switched to stars I would get torn to pieces! If I cant find a relatively easy table I play 3/6 or just play MTTs on really dry nights.

I dont really know what I'm asking for here other than a little guidance from someone who has been in this spot before. Should I learn to beat tables without any major fish on them at my current level before moving up again or just search for fish at higher levels (yes, there are fish at 10/20). I havent read hold'em for advanced players all the way through yet but I doubt it will be able to affect my current game that much.

If you are still here, thanks for reading my drivel