[pyedog]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat being too afraid or lacking in motivation to move up in stakes online. I'm still plugging away at 1-2 limit clearing bonuses.

I finally got the balls to try 10-20 limit live though (after playing and winning a decent amount at 5-10 about 12 times before that) because the 5-10 line was so long. 10-20 went really well in my first session and I won 45 BBs. But I also got dealt aces 4 times in 7 hours and they all held up, as well as rivering a 4 out full house in a huge pot, so I know that I was running well.

The thing is, that despite my win, when I think back on my session I realize a couple of spots where I missed value. Once being too scared to raise a somewhat passive player when I had two pair, and another time slowplaying for no reason on a board when I flopped trips in an unraised multiway pot (with draws on board!). I also felt that there were about 5 other good regulars in the game along with a couple weak spots, so my advantage felt small. Even the regulars were too loose with cold calls, but still they were pretty good. I also know that I would be a little bothered by losing $600 in a night, which is very reasonable at those stakes.

Now I need to decide what stakes to play on my next live casino visit (which I do every two weeks or so). I think I will return back to 5-10 until I feel fully comfortable that I can beat that game regularly.

The bizarre thing to me is that two nights after doing great at 10-20 live I was back to multitabling 0.5-1 online clearing a bonus on Paradise. I guess I just like the near certainty of the win versus trying to beat tough players at 2-4 or whatever. But it does seem like I have extreme risk aversion for online play (with a big bankroll and quite a bit of experience) and maybe too low risk aversion for playing live (taking a shot at 10-20 after only 20 total casino visits and with a smaller bankroll). I also have no ability to read player's tells whatsoever, which I guess isn't a huge deal in these stakes limit games anyways.