Hesitant to move up in Limits

[skitzo444]

A week ago I deposited $25 dollars and started playing .50-1. My goal was to play at each level until I reached 25BB to play at a higher level. I played $3-6 Yesterday and now I have $360. I have over 250 so I could play $5-10 limit but for some reason I am heistant. Is there a big difference between 3-6 and 5-10. Or should I just stick to 3-6??? or Cash out and start over again??

[JinX11]

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A week ago I deposited $25 dollars and started playing .50-1. My goal was to play at each level until I reached 25BB to play at a higher level. I played $3-6 Yesterday and now I have $360. I have over 250 so I could play $5-10 limit but for some reason I am heistant. Is there a big difference between 3-6 and 5-10. Or should I just stick to 3-6??? or Cash out and start over again??

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If you intend to play poker for a while without having to deposit more money, you should move down to $0.50/$1. You are not sufficiently bankrolled for 5/10.

[W. Deranged]

1. Relax

2. You have totally skewed ideas about what is "enough" to play a certain limit. $250 is enough for one buy-in at $5-10. Which means it is the amount you can expect to vary one way or the other in one, relatively short sitting.

3. The standard rule here is not to play a limit unless you have 300BB as a bankroll. So, you shouldn't have moved up to 3-6 until you hit $1800.

4. Go back to .5-1 and work on your game. If you aren't able to control the desire to play over your head you are going to go broke. This is one of the classic mistakes all poker players make. The level you play should not really be an ego thing. Play where you are comfortable both financially and as to skill.

[666]

You need at LEAST $900 to play $3/6. Go learn about bankroll management. Right now you have been running hot but one bad day will make you go completely broke. 25 BB is not even close to optimal bankroll size. The general rule of thumb is 300BB, but 150BB is usually fine at the lower limits if you are a GOOD player (which you are NOT if you didnt know this). This reckless style of bankroll management you are using is pure gambling and you will go broke very soon.

[skitzo444]

My goal was not to make a sufficent bankroll. Just to play until I had 25BB for a higher level

[shant]

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My goal was not to make a sufficent bankroll. Just to play until I had 25BB for a higher level

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Then what's your question? You have 25BB for 5/10.

[666]

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My goal was not to make a sufficent bankroll. Just to play until I had 25BB for a higher level

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I am not really sure what you are trying to accomplish with this. You will go broke and have to redeposit.

[W. Deranged]

Why???

[blumpkin22]

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My goal was not to make a sufficent bankroll. Just to play until I had 25BB for a higher level

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Then what's your question? You have 25BB for 5/10.

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LOL.

Do I have enough of a bankroll to move up? You don't think I have enough to move up? Well I think I have enough to move up.

[SeaEagle]

You are playing way higher than your bankroll can support. So far you've been lucky not to have a bad session. If you continue to risk your entire bankroll, it's inevitable that you'll loose it - think of yourself as continually playing "double or nothing". You can get 10 "doubles" in a row but one "nothing" ruins it all.

Even if you're just taking a small shot and moving back down if you lose, build up 100BBs before trying it out. With $250, you shouldn't be playing any higher than 1/2 and probably .5/1.

And yes, there's a decent differnce between 3/6 and 5/10.

[crunchy1]

Everyone that responded about how he's going to go broke are likely correct but, more accurately, lacking information to give educated advice.

Skitzo - The real question you need to ask yourself is: "Why are you playing poker and moving up so aggressively in the limits that you play at?".

If you go broke at $5/10 and are happy depositing another $25 and starting over then go for it. If you never want to deposit again then you should probably drop down to .5/1 or $1/2 where you will be able to sustain some losing sessions w/o losing your entire roll.

[Webster]

Well - the difference between 5/10 and 3/6 are not THAT great. Post flop the play is 1 player better MAYBE.

From what I have seen 5/10 are just 2/4 players with larger banks.

As for YOUR question. Sounds like you like to gamble and screw the long term. 250 you could play 2/4 for a while but still you are on the edge of ruin. Slow down.

[shant]

I actually think he has a good strategy going for him provided that he uses the same screenname here that he does on Party.

[hobbsmann]

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I actually think he has a good strategy going for him provided that he uses the same screenname here that he does on Party.

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haha

[blumpkin22]

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Well - the difference between 5/10 and 3/6 are not THAT great. Post flop the play is 1 player better MAYBE.

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Please explain.

[SmileyEH]

If you go to 15/30 right now you won't get sucked out on as much.

-SmileyEH

[colgin]

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Everyone that responded about how he's going to go broke are likely correct but, more accurately, lacking information to give educated advice.

Skitzo - The real question you need to ask yourself is: "Why are you playing poker and moving up so aggressively in the limits that you play at?".

If you go broke at $5/10 and are happy depositing another $25 and starting over then go for it. If you never want to deposit again then you should probably drop down to .5/1 or $1/2 where you will be able to sustain some losing sessions w/o losing your entire roll.

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Crunchy,

Good advice. The OP may be doing his own version of the OIC, which many here have done (or are now doing). Basicaly, start with a small roll and see how far you can take it. If that is the case, then there is nothing wrong if he cotinues to run well/play well and can move up. On the other hand, if he is concerned with BR preservations he should probably move down at some point as he is clearly underrolled for 3/6 and 5/10.

[Budget Boy]

let it ride!

[Harv72b]

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A week ago I deposited $25 dollars and started playing .50-1. My goal was to play at each level until I reached 25BB to play at a higher level. I played $3-6 Yesterday and now I have $360. I have over 250 so I could play $5-10 limit but for some reason I am heistant. Is there a big difference between 3-6 and 5-10. Or should I just stick to 3-6??? or Cash out and start over again??

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Other people have more than adequately addressed the bankroll issue, so I'll focus on the differences between 3/6 and 5/10.

It isn't a lot of difference, as another poster said. I think that what you'll find as you continue your trek upwards is that on every level, there are some really bad players. The quality of the average player does not change very much, either, especially on 3/6 and above. The biggest difference at any new level is how good the good players are--and the good players at 5/10 are significantly better than the good players at 3/6, on average. But all of this is likely neither here nor there, because I doubt that you accumulated enough hands at 3/6 to really get a feeling for the nuances of that level, anyway.

No, do not move up in limits your bankroll isnt big enough yet. I would stay at 3/6. After you build your bankroll up a few thousand go for a higher limit.

[MoneyFunnel]

It sounds like you have mastered Hold'em. You should move on to Stud.

[skitzo444]

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I actually think he has a good strategy going for him provided that he uses the same screenname here that he does on Party.

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I don't play on Party and I don't use this name on any other site so don't go looking for it.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I think The reason I stopped my progression and posted for help was because since I started at .50-1 the limits have been doubled .50-1...1-2...2-4 Then i played 3-6 where I only need 50% more to play 100 to 150 but then there is no 4-8 to play on the site it jumps 150 %. So that is what I stopped and posted. But I think I will probably stay around 2-4 and 3-6.