Choosing A Limit - $1/2 or $2/4?

[joker122]

How does one know when they are ready to move up in limits? I've played about 700 hands at 2/4 and 700 at 1/2. PT tells me I that at the $2/4 tables im winning at a rate of 9.56 BB/100 hands, and 15 BB/100 hands at $1/2. However, after 700 hands at $2/4 I'm up $260 compared to only $192 at $1/2.

Based on this data, what limit do you reccomend I play? It seems the $2/4 is most profitable, but I tend to suffer some harsh swings there - I can't figure that one out.

[JohnShaft]

Based on this data, what limit do you reccomend I play?

Based on this data I suggest you get more data.

700 *hands*? That's like 10 hours.
That's not even scratching the surface.

There's no way anyone can make a reasoned conclusion of what you should be doing based on such a small sample.

It's like saying "I won more in 10 hands at 10/20 than 1/2, should I play 10/20?".
Really, seriously, you need a lot more hands before the data will mean anything.

[JTG51]

Based on this data I suggest you get more data.

LOL, good one. Did you copyright that? I may use it in the future.

[JohnShaft]

LOL, good one. Did you copyright that? I may use it in the future.

Have at it JTG. I want royalties though. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

I'm sure you'll have 93 million opportunities to use it on here in the coming months. "Based on x can I do Y" posts seem to be making a comeback.

[sfer]

Those win rates are incredibly high and probably aren't sustainable. I agree with Mr. Shaft, you need to play much more even to see if you're a winning player.

Huge swings and a huge win-rate over a small sample sounds like short term luck. Check again at 10,000+ hands.