Time To Move Up?

[Ballard]

Hello all.
I need some advice concerning whether I should move to a higher limit game, or just be happy where I am. I have played, in my life, 121 hours of Hold'em. I am currently ahead 659 dollars, playing .50-1.00 in my home game. After playing for approximately a month, I tried 2-4 in Atlantic City, lost 100 dollars in 9.5 hours. Continued reading, learning, coming here, keeping stats, etc... Just recently returned from Atlantic City again making 253 in 5.5 hours (again 2-4). My dollar per hour expectation is currently 5.44, and assuming a two dollar big bet,(which is somewhere between my home game and Atlantic City game), I am making 2.54 big bets per hour. My question is, Is it time to move up to a higher limit home game? And if so, what game should I be looking for? Thanks.

[Allan]

In the grand scheme of things 100+ hours is not a significant amount of time to give you accurate stats. It is also important to keep your stats for different games seperately as your home game and casino games are different games. Sure you can mix them together to get a sense of your overall hourly rate, but they must be kept seperate if you want to know if you are beating a specific game.

My advice as for moving up would be if your understanding of poker theory is such that you recognize where you are making your money against your opponents and you have the bankroll to do it, it is time to move up.

Allan