Opinions on skipping the 30's and moving to 50's

[Slim Pickens]

It's not a matter of being in a hurry. I just think that if the money means anything at all to you, it's foolish (or at least weak) to play at a lower level when you have both the bankroll and skill to play a slightly higher one.

[45suited]

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It's not a matter of being in a hurry. I just think that if the money means anything at all to you, it's foolish (or at least weak) to play at a lower level when you have both the bankroll and skill to play a slightly higher one.

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Fair enough. But you gotta admit (this isn't directed toward you or anyone in particular) that alot of players think they are better than they really are because they have gotten on a short term heater. Then they move up and blow their B/R.

For every guy who succeeds wildly, there's probably countless other people that don't talk about their losses or drop out altogether after they crash and burn.

I just can't believe how much I lack in understanding of the game and yet I've been a winning player at my level. It makes me wonder how bad some of the people are who have or are moving up, you know?

[curtains]

Honestly I feel like I learned a lot playing at every single level, not just jumping into the 215s. It's like learning about the history of the game or something, you get a good feel for how all kinds of players and game situations play out.

Im very happy that I experienced all the levels as I think it helped shape the way I play today, and that I may be a slightly weaker player now if I had skipped a level or two. But okay I'm also completely insane, so this might not be relevant for anyone.

[45suited]

I agree with you, even playing tons of games on the 11s, I learned about the game and got alot of experience just from seeing alot of hands.

I've also started playing NL ring games, and right now I'm off to the casino to play some limit, possibly some Omaha too. Personally, I think it can only help in the long run to respect the game enough to try and go about it kind of systematically and learn before jumping wildly up in levels.

But I plan on playing the rest of my life and it's not my main source of income, so I can afford to be patient. Plus, like I said, I hate big swings in my B/R.

[Slim Pickens]

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I just can't believe how much I lack in understanding of the game and yet I've been a winning player at my level. It makes me wonder how bad some of the people are who have or are moving up, you know?

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I'll send you some HH's of mine. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Really though, I think people staying at the 22's for too long, then skipping the 33's are missing a learning experience while wasting clock-hours, so why do it if your goal is to move up, right? It's bad on two facets. I also understand that a lot of people aren't motivated solely by moving up levels. If that's all that motivated me, I wouldn't play any O8 or live NLHE tourneys because it's a short-term -EV play for me, but I do it to get experience in different aspects of the game, which I hope to translate into learning at some point. I get what you're saying about wanting to keep a comfortable bankroll. That's fine. Bankroll consideration are entirely a matter of personal preference. Risk avoision. Certainly for a losing player on a heater, moving up too fast just makes the wild ride all that much faster, but I have to believe winning players must get comfortable playing higher stakes at some point if they want to take their game to higher skill levels, so why leave the training wheels on?

SlimP