[bnorthro]

I moved to $1/2 about 1 1/2 months ago. I had about 4.5K hands at the .5/1 GBP tables at Crypto (so soft and easy) and another 2-3K at $.50/1 at various sites. I had a bit larger BR than you. My big driver was the Crypto sites changing their wagering for the bonuses.

1/2 at Crypto was a rock garden. I moved most of my money over to Party (MultiPoker) and promptly started losing, about $200 and change after maybe 2-3K hands. I was kind of running bad before the switch, but I stuck with it. After some adjusting, I started winning. Now after about 10.5K hands, I'm a 3BB/100 winner and $1/2 at party seems like a fishing pond.

Try it out. Don't try stealing the blinds every time becuase you've read that you need to start stealing blinds more - I did this and didn't really know what I was doing at first. Get a feel for it, it's the same game, just a little bit different.

Good luck.