[onegymrat]

Hi LRAO,

You have received some valuable advice so far, especially from DcfrThs and Michael Davis. It's not so much the denomination of the chips that you should be concerned about, but the type of games in which you will face. You will find that even in middle limit games, you will have games that play similar to a typical 3/6 game. Such as someone calling you down with a backdoor sh*t straight and the kind. Until you are confident that you are able to handle that and games that are really tough, risking more money is not the answer. Your so-called edge that you have now, will be non-existent when you move to middle-limits.

Two things will happen when you move up in limits: 1)you can make more money 2)you can lose more money 3)your opponents will be more skilled. The combination of 2 and 3 is reason enough that you should be able to beat a 3/6 game on a regular basis before moving on. If this is just an occasional weekend hobbie for you, then by all means give 15/30 a shot. But if you are going to do this regularly (like most of us poker junkies on 2+2), then you should use 3/6 as education. How can you expect to do well in college, when you aren't able to pass high school?

Your preflop skills that you learn in your books will be important in your low-limit games. Your postflop skills are ESSENTIAL in middle-limit games, and that takes months/years of experience. Play well and good luck.