I am currently playing the lowest limits possible at Paradise Poker - $2NL (.01/.02). That is where I started and where I am at now.

I had taken my initial $50 deposit and turned it into $100. I then decided to try to play the $5+$1 SNGs and I did pretty well at first and turned $100 into $130. When I was at that level I decided to try to give the $10NL (.05/.10) a try and I did quite well.

Around the same time that I was playing the $10NL, my performance started to suffer in the SNGs and despite losing money in the SNGs, my ring play was able to get my BR up to $150.

Then things just went badly - it was a combination of a downswing along with playing too loosely and then eventually tilt. My BR dropped to $90 playing the $10NL games. I took a breath and realized that I had lost all the progress that I made at the.

I had read the BR Management thread long before any of this happened, but I guess I found myself in a mini-Newbie Circle of Death, which didn't turn out too bad considering.

Anyway, I have leveled off and I have now built my BR back up to $120 playing the $2NL again. I usually 2-table and end up being ahead after almost every session at this level. I can't add another table right now because I don't have a monitor that can do a high enough resolution. I'm getting a 19" that can do 1600x1200 so I might give 4 tables a shot then.

The BR Management thread indicates that I don't want to fall below 15 bui-ins, so I don't want to play $10NL unless I have at least $150 but I would like a cusion so that I am not playing scared. With $150, I am dropping back to $2NL as soon as I lose one buy-in - not a lot of room for variance.

I was just wondering how long I should stick with the $2NLlevel before moving to the $10NL level. I was thinking of building to $170 or $180 before moving up. The only problem with this is that playing at the $2NL is pretty slow - it's only $2 at a time when I'm doubling up on the fish.

Does anyone have any experience in moving up in levels? How much cusion do you want to have?

I am at the right level of BR now for the SNGs but I don't feel that my tournament game is as good as my full ring game. I always seem to be behind in the SNGs and one bad beat cripples me every time.