OT: im forcing myself to move up to 109 asap. good or bad?

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One important lesson every poker player must learn is how you handle a considerable downswing because they happen to everyone eventually.

If you have not experienced a sizeable downswing already, which I doubt you have, I'd recommend staying in the lower games a bit longer.

Not forever of course but until you have a nice bankroll and a bit extra. Suffering your first big downswing when you move up to the big games is very disheartening and can hurt your game for a long period of time.

[NiR]

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well i just started 55's and obviously 2k/2k is not enough for 109's and i dont plan to move there right now. for 55's 2k/2k shouldnt be bad. if i dont do well i will easily move down and make the money back but i am going back to 55's asap. and i am DISCIPLINED enough to go back down if i need to. i have done this many times. and its 2k per account. i wont b 8 tabling 55's as i stated. so technically im playing with 4k. eventually i will though . eventually meaning asap!!. but the question i am putting here is that is having a br sufficient enough to move up without having enough experience in the lower limits? is is correct to think of the future instead of the present? i am sure i can be making more consistent money if i just 8 table 33's but i am willing to learn 55's asap just as i did the other limits. and move to 109 to learn that as soon as possible. im not in a hurry hurry but i feel that staying in a level i know that i can beat is wasting time. i may make more money there and move up when its safer to do so, but thats only slowing things down. im not worried about my bankroll. i think i have sufficient bankroll to move up. its just the experience part. since i havnt played thousands of sngs in each of the limits below, i do lack experience. but i have enough confident that i know i can be a winning player after 1000 sng's in the limit. therefore i feel that i have learned the limit. and am moving up to 55's and will continue to do this . so is this wise?

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sigh!! lazy people.

question i am statng is that is having a bankroll and little experience enough to move up to the next limit? i have enough confidence that i know i will be a winning player after 1000's of sngs in each of the limits. therefore i believe i have learned the limit. thus i am moving up. is this wise? or is experience just as important? i feel that staying in a limit that i have learned is wasting time? time that can be better spent learning a new limit which has bigger earnings and will put me 1 step closer to the 109's and 215's.

there.

[NiR]

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One important lesson every poker player must learn is how you handle a considerable downswing because they happen to everyone eventually.

If you have not experienced a sizeable downswing already, which I doubt you have, I'd recommend staying in the lower games a bit longer.

Not forever of course but until you have a nice bankroll and a bit extra. Suffering your first big downswing when you move up to the big games is very disheartening and can hurt your game for a long period of time.

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heh funny we said that. i just experienced a -24 buyin downswing tonight but good thing i made it all back and then some. to answer your question i migh tnot have had ALOT of downswings, but believe me i experienced my share. i experienced -20 in many ocasions. 33's has been a shaky start but now i am fully settled i believe. 22's has been a preety smooth sailing, but i had -20 downswings on that before. having said that, i have never experienced a downswing more then 30 buyins. in any level. on my cash games days my swings were much crazier, but thats irrelevant i think? or maybe not. but i know how to handle it. i just shut down my computer and scream.. or i wil get mad and play in a higher limit and lose and then shutdown my computer and scream. but either way i know how to handle it. cash games atleast taught me the variance part.

[Nicholasp27]

a) 2k is 36 buyins of 55s...30 buyins is usually recommended, so it's not way too small

b) he has 4k total in his br...so he actually has 60 buyins

it doesn't matter if u 1-table or 20-table...as long as your roi doesn't dip from the extra tables, it's the same risk of ruin with 1-tabling as 20-tabling

as for 100s, u do have 36 buyins, which is enough if u are a winning player at the 100s (u don't know this yet, of course) and if losing those 36 won't be the end of the world....