Quote Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms
Get a roll soon. Those micro S&G's can fry your brain in a hurry. What's your immediate plans? Are you going to be a S&G player now if things go well? I know you can beat the $25NL stakes, do you not think the $10NL game on stars would be faster and easier? It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this. You said $300 to move to $25NL, is that because your confidence in beating the game? I would tell anyone looking to grind a a BR to play $25NL they need $500 but less is acceptable if you can easily replace the lost money if you bust. Is that just your "I'll take a shot $$ figure".
I just want $300 because I know swings can be brutal. I am going to be 8-10 tabling FR so I will have $200-$250 lined up at all times. I had many 6 buyin downswings and one 16 buyin downswing. This is just about where I'll feel comfortable and can obv move down if I start dropping.

As for sngs vs 10nl, I don't know. I have played some 10nl but I just can't focus. If I get re-raised $5 with tptk, I think "oh well it's only $5" rather than "that's half my stack I should re-evaluate here." I like pushaments because I can play many at a time, about 13 per hour right now. Plus, I kind of like the break from ring atm. I still love ring and will be primarily a ring player but imo for someone wanting to grind a micro-roll there is nothing better than sngs. It could just be a personal opinion, but they're always really soft, very basic, and clear bonuses very very fast (much faster than 10nl).

Quote Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms
It's funny, that when I read your posts on the move to $50NL, I had the same thoughts and feelings. Trust that you can beat that game. It's not much tougher. It's no different than the move from $10NL to $25NL. You just have to watch your tables. Don't stay sitting at a table just because. I don't care if I'm up a buy in or down a buy in. Once a player or two has switched out, I re-evaluate. GL, you have a lot of people backing you up. Don't give up on it.
I had a bad run. I know I can beat it but it really did mess with my head! I have beat 50/100nl FR for a decent sample size but never ran into such a bad downswing right off the bat. That just through me off and put things into perspective. I have much more time right now then I did when I was doing Part I of my thread, so I don't see myself quitting. I love following your operation thread and [ envy ] Irish's 75k [ /envy ] thread. Thanks for the support!

Quote Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms
Also, I will say this to anyone thinking of cashing out. This thread should show you what it can do to your poker "career". The absolute worst thing you can do when grinding Micro limits is cashout. Everyone has a reason to cashout. I have to sell my house because I'm falling too far behind. Sure I could cash out most of my $1300 and probably buy another 2 or 3 months of room, but how does that help? My $1300 could be $13000 in a year. That is a lot more help than any $1K could do for me now. I know Givememyleg started a business, and it will potentially give him more money than poker could, and that's fine. It's possibly one of the only reasons I would ever cashout my BR, to make more money, but for someone cashing out to pay phone bills, rent or just to pay living expenses is just prolonging there agony another month, keep grinding, get a job, and get to $100NL where small cashouts will mean something more than a one time $500 bill.
Yeah, I will not cash out anymore. I have made two large cashouts (both of 90% of my roll both times) and I don't necesarily regret it, but I still wonder what if. I think the main reason for me cashing out was I never felt comfortable playing 100nl or above.. too stressful. I don't think there is anything really wrong with being a low limit grinder like Mark, or setzy; they have great success. I don't think I will ever see poker as my main income, but I wouldn't mind being able to dab around 50 / 100nl and making some side money. I don't have an overall goal of where I want this to take me but I know one thing, I want to have fun. When I was doing Part I poker became almost like a job to me, and that turned me off. I want to be able to play because I want to play, not because I have to. If it starts happening where I am not having fun, I may take a break for who knows how long. The only difference is I will not be a cashout fish this time!

Thanks for your words and gl to you as well in your thread (although judging by your last post you don't need any luck ).