I moved up and immeditately got hammered

[sng-sam]

I know this has been covered many times but..

I used to play the 20s all the time

Killed my bankroll had to start over at the 10s

Got 50 buyins for 20s

Started playing and lost 10 buyins off the bat.

[durron597]

10 buyins is nothing, you should know that by now.

[sng-sam]

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10 buyins is nothing, you should know that by now.

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I do it's just a [censored] way to start and I'm a little pissy.

SAM

I think I played against you today at the 20s. If your name is same on party. You're definitely good enough to beat the level don't be down about dropping some buyins when you first move up a level. I think this happens to a lot of people. I wasn't being nearly as aggressive as I was in the 10s mainly because I just afraid to lose 22 dollars on one hand. I just went back and compared HH from the 10s and the 20s.

[UMTerp]

As long as you're not becoming uber-passive at bubble time as a result of shaken confidence, stick it out. Any dedicated student of this forum should be able to be the $20's at a decent rate. Nothing to be concerned about yet.

[zambonidrivr]

my guess is that you are not shoving enough hands. the 20-30's are just as easy when shovbotting correctly

[pooh74]

Youre probably having problems pulling the trigger on bubble. Normal when one moves up.

[bawcerelli]

play it like you'd play a $10

[Michael C.]

I think the problems in moving up levels are as much psychological as they are ability related. At least that was the deal in my case, as it always took me a little while to feel comfortable at a new level. Personally, I usually play mixed levels before committing to a new one, such as 3 50s and one 109 at first, then 2-2, then moving to the 109s. Then the same thing at other levels. For me at least, that way works best...

[sng-sam]

Thanks to all who replied since the responses are so one sided I will stick it out and pushbot more. More importantly.....

What do you think of my new avatar?


Straight Flushes,

SAM

[Irieguy]

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Started playing and lost 10 buyins off the bat.

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I know that you understand that it's nothing... but seriously; it's like saying:

"I went to the store this morning and hit a red light."

We'd all love it if every light were green... but nobody even notices a few red ones.

Until you can withstand 20 buy-in drops without noticing or caring, your mental game is hurting you.

Irieguy

[davehwm]

I played the $11s for about 8 months, bonus whored like crazy, then played the $22s for about 5 months and built up a decent bankroll. After some serious cashing out for Christmas/plane tickets/etc. I set aside $990 to take a shot at the $33s last week.

I crashed. And burned. I had to drop back down the $22s and continued on a pretty serious downswing to the point where I almost thought I was going to have to move to the $11s again. I stuck it out and now I'm on my way back up (or at least I think so).

Moral of the story: for me, 30 buy-ins isn't close to enough for any given level. Hell, at the $33s, a 10 buy-in drop gets you down to $660 - the 30 buy-in bankroll for the $22s.

If you can beat the $11s, then you can beat the $22s. But, the number of buy-ins you need to feel comfortable is completely up to you. If you can't play comfortably and not be super concerned about your bankroll after a 10 buy-in downswing, you need a bigger bankroll. I learned this lesson at the $33s.

[Slim Pickens]

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What do you think of my new avatar?

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It kinda pisses me off that I can't look at your posts without someone across my office thinking I'm some sort of weird pervert. I like to keep the mystery intact.

[DPCondit]

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I think the problems in moving up levels are as much psychological as they are ability related. At least that was the deal in my case, as it always took me a little while to feel comfortable at a new level. Personally, I usually play mixed levels before committing to a new one, such as 3 50s and one 109 at first, then 2-2, then moving to the 109s. Then the same thing at other levels. For me at least, that way works best...

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That's the way I look at it.

Why did you wait until you had 50 buy-ins to move to the 20's?

same thing happened to me

i was at 22s bankroll up to 60 buyins (starting from 15), then went on a streak of -35 buyins, moved down to the 11s, realized how easy the 11s were for like 2 weeks, move back up to the 20s and so far i've been basically break even

but i don't think i'd ever go back to the 11s unless i absolutely had to