I'm scared to move up...

Originally Posted by loonychune

Hey CBAT,

I moved up to 25nl recently with $630 and lost 3 BIs in my first 1000 hands. Only way I felt comfortable was by telling myself that I can afford to lose another 10 BIs before moving back down. I must be running good now, but either way, I probably only just feel comfortable with like $800 and a $100 bonus pending.

I feel like if i ran at 10BB/100 for the next 15000 hands and was rolled for 50nl i just wouldn't move up, mainly because when I did move up i'd want to stay there. That said, Dev's targets look good to me because for 50nl, $1500 means you can lose 10 BIs and still come back to a 25nl comfort zone.

I don't think we have that luxury though when moving up to 25nl because having a roll of like $500 and losing 10 BIs leaves you in a not-so-comfortable zone for 10nl, but it's just so much more exciting that i think it's worth the risk.

To answer your question: I was and am scared of moving up. I'm dealing with 25nl by, like i say, thinking it's worth the risk. I'll deal with 50nl by not going there any time soon! Bit of a cop out, but if I can beat 25nl for about 5BB/100 in 30k hands time, then there's no reason not to stay there and study more and earn an extra 500 bucks for the next stake.

To relay a recent conversation I had: "What's the rush!? Poker's going to be here for at least a while so spend this time really learning the game at a stake where it's affordable."

I actually tried that today with $10NL and $25NL I have trouble adjusting to which is which, even though it shouldn't matter. I see people with $30 at the $25NL and forget when I'm betting. I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do yet, but what I do know is that I'm going to keep playing these double up SnG's on Pokerstars because I am 5-0 so far!

Originally Posted by BooG690

Originally Posted by CBAT

My buddy actually won a quarter of the Caribbean Poker jackpot for $13,000 at the age of 17, he gave them his social security number because he had no ID with him (because he was under 18) and he never got his money. Poor guy, haha.

Jeez...that sucks. He had to feel awful. Where in NY you from CBAT?

Originally Posted by dev

I kept meaning to visit with friends that work at Foxwoods, but when Mohegan opened up their room they stopped making trips.

Oh man, the Mohegan Sun poker room kills that of Foxwoods. I went there for the first time about a month ago and fell in love. I've been dying to go back but work keeps getting in the way and I can't find a wingman. [HalfBakedReference]Who's comin' WITH ME!?!?![/HalfBakedReference]

I go to school in Oswego (north of Syracuse) and then when I'm not here I live in the Albany area, so I'm always about 1.5 hours from Turning Stone!