The Move-Up Curse

[vindikation]

I just moved up from the $10's to the $20's two weeks ago and finished out of the money the first six $20 SnG's I played. After 40 $20 SnG's I was finally able to get my ROI above 0%.

There are adjustments, not huge, but two adjustments I've noticed so far. Much like eveyone says, there's always one less person who busts out early (prolonging getting to the bubble) so playing a little more conservative early has payed off. Also I noticed I needed to have a more aggressive middle game at levels 4-6. Until I started getting more aggressive in the middle stages I kept finishing in 5th & 6th place, waiting for good hands to come...which never did. After raising marginal hands at this stage in good position (KJ,AT,QT,etc) I was able to steal some blinds and started finishing ITM more.

Just my observations from the past 2 weeks so take it for what it's worth.