Quote Originally Posted by biondino
Thanks for your confidence in me, but a) I'm really not that good and b) I am struggling with that prospect theory stuff enough at $100NL - I honestly don't think I could take the variance at $200. Losing a four figure sum, even if I'm rolled for it, would just devastate me. I'd certainly play scared.

I have played mainly at Crypto sites, with the occasional hand at Stars and Party (I play SNGs and the occasional MTT mainly at the latter two). My stats are between 20/13 and 24/16, depending on how the table is playing. This is at 6max. Post-flop, I bet too often on the river, and am too weak in the face of bets and raises. I rely too much on HUDs and not enough on genuine reads.
are you destroying $100NL?
if your BR is $6k+ you need to take a shot at $200NL. have you ever taken a shot in the past?
put aside 2 buyins for $200NL. look for tables with short stack donks and take there money by just playing tight solid poker. if you win then start playing more and more $200NL. if you end up winning $1k and then losing $1k that's how it goes, but you prepare yourself for it now and if you do lose a $1k then don't get too annoyed about it. remember that you won that money at $200NL too and you haven't made an overall loss.

everyone is scared to move up, but you're never going to make a million playing poker, by never taking a shot at a higher level.
if you can get through 3000 hands at $200NL breakeven you should be ready to start winning. you'll be comfortable with the game and i promise you $200NL really isn't as tough as it seems. i used to think $100NL was so tough, but now i'm playing $400NL and i feel like the game is way too easy.