When to move up?

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06-14-2005, 01:49 PM
Khabbi

When to move up?

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.
06-21-2005, 02:17 AM
WhooFleuryScores

My experience

I started off with $500 and played the Party network 25NL tables.When I got up to around $600/$700 I jumped to the 50 NL tables.Right now I'm at $800+ and am on vaca.When I get back I'm going to finetune more on the 50NL and do some light 100NL here and there.When I feel fully confident in myself I will "graduate" up to the 100NL on a more consistent basis.

The 200NL tables may take some time though :wink: .
06-21-2005, 02:53 AM
Bmxicle

Re: My experience

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhooFleuryScores

I started off with $500 and played the Party network 25NL tables.When I got up to around $600/$700 I jumped to the 50 NL tables.Right now I'm at $800+ and am on vaca.When I get back I'm going to finetune more on the 50NL and do some light 100NL here and there.When I feel fully confident in myself I will "graduate" up to the 100NL on a more consistent basis.

The 200NL tables may take some time though :wink: .

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06-21-2005, 03:35 AM
Sykedupp

khabbi, move up to $10 NL when you hit 150, and if you go below 120, move back down... this gives you a little room for variance, and allows you to move up by rilla's lovely BR standards still.
06-21-2005, 03:53 PM
Seasider

Hi first post on here but your progress sounds very similar to mine. I started on Paradise with $2 they gave me for free. I gambled :) that up to $10 on $2NL tables then ground it up to $100 then moved to $10 NL. Working on a 10x buy in (with a drop back down proviso!) I hit $25NL at bankroll of $250. I now have about $350 on Paradise and $2-300 on Pacific caus I like the sit and goes there. I'm obviously not playing for big $$ and just like the game and its sort a project to see how much I can get in account! I'd say move up when you feel you can drop 5 buy in's without freaking out into the dark side!

I've blown about half my Paradise BR over the last few weeks having decided 'I'm pretty s*** hot lets pull some moves' and getting bust out. If I can offer any advice its that at low levels you pretty much have to grind it out, thats why I play the sit and go's as you can mix it up some. Also Paradise is a wierd mix of maniacs and rocks (certantly at $25NL) and a +$ table can quickly turn cold as the big average pot size attracts the sharks, i'm always ready to get up and move (normally when it starts folding round to the blinds)

Also read all you can on this site! I did (been lurking outside posting but didnt think I had much to add!) and it's probably why I didn't bust out after a couple of months (been playing online just over a year a few times a week).