Move up limits?

[bubbahotep]

I feel a little confused about what I should do.

I've played about 19k hands since I started playing poker at the start of the year. I knew nothing about poker before that. I started at .01/.02 and have moved up to .50/1.00 where I am currently. I have read WLLH, ITH, GSIH and am half way through SSH. I read the forums every day. I only play 2 tables at a time. I have turned my inital $50 deposit into about $1200.

I would say my bankroll is sufficient to move to the next level but I have only played 5k hands at .50/1. (My bb/100 is about 3 or 4 at this level currently..small sample size...)


Should I stick at .50/1.00 until I have more experience and have completed reading SSH once or twice(maybe work on playing more tables) or just take the plunge and keep moving up?

[dealer_toe]

I'd say move up, the limit isn't going to play much different.

[IndieMatty]

You would get great advice in the micros.


(I say move up, but I'm not a big bankroll management guy)

[evans075]

You have enough BR to move up to 1/2. I have a smaller BR and 4 table 1/2. My only advice is that in my experience 1/2 is alot looser during the afternoon (Party). Also when I moved up I got crushed and couldn't understand why. Ends up I just hit a swing about the time I moved up. If you aren't comfortable with the bigger pots sizes you might want to just hang out in .5/1 a while longer, if not have at it!!!1

[Thalum]

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You have enough BR to move up to 1/2. I have a smaller BR and 4 table 1/2. My only advice is that in my experience 1/2 is alot looser during the afternoon (Party). Also when I moved up I got crushed and couldn't understand why. Ends up I just hit a swing about the time I moved up. If you aren't comfortable with the bigger pots sizes you might want to just hang out in .5/1 a while longer, if not have at it!!!1

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A very similar thing happened to me. I am crushing the .5/1 game, but when I moved to 1/2, I am down about 100BB over my entire 3K hands at that level. When I get killed at 1/2, I move back down to .5/1 and start winning again. I'm hopeing it's not because I suck, as many people have said 1/2 and .5/1 are pretty much the same game. It might be psychological as well, but I've just gotta work through it.

[evans075]

One thing I did that helped me a little bit was sitting down at the 25NL 6-max tables. It really helped me to be really tight aggressive (not that I wasn't b4 but after that I got down pat). After about 2-3k at the NL tables my 1/2 game just went out of the roof. That might not help you but it did help me. PS 25NL 6-max = fish pool, swim freely my friend.

[Tk79]

When I moved from .5/1 to 1/2 I also went thru an immediate downswing. But it was very short lived and it prepared me for the move up to 3/6. Just started the move to 5/ 10 this week and know the feeling of moving up. Looks like your BR can handle it so Id say go for it and if you get killed you can always move back down to make the proper adjustments.

[wireMan]

I would, and did, move up. You are either a good player and that is where your success is coming from or lucky. I've actually found 1/2 easier to "beat" than 0.50/1.00. I don't even think that I put in 5K hands at 0.50/1.00, so small sample size, but I was over 10BB/100. I also only 2-table and am now playing 1 table of 2/4 and 1 table of 1/2 getting used to 2/4 before moving up for good. Also, all of my playing is split pretty even between Stars and Empire. I found that the tag style I play wins more at Stars.

[archmagi]

move up. how many hands do you want to play at 0.5/1 anyway?
you've got more than enough bankroll for 1/2; it can sustain 2/4.

[TylerD]

I move up when I feel comfortable doing so, not based on how many hands I've played at a certain level. For me, I moved quickly (in terms of number of hands) from $1/2 (where I started) to $2/4 and quickly again to $3/6. It took me a lot longer to feel comfortable there before moving to $5/10. I anticipate it will take even more time for me to move from $5/10.

In summary, move when you feel you are ready. (EDIT as long as your bankroll permits!)