Another "moving up" post

mwilli31 · #1 06-16-2005, 05:35 PM

I've been reading a lot of posts recently about moving from .50/1 to 1/2 and how some have found the transition pretty difficult. I personally have yet to play Party .50/1 but have a decent poker background. I've pretty much crushed games up to .25/.50 (which I know isn't saying much) and have spent the last several months casino whoring to build a BR while at the same time reading and rereading SSH, ITH, TOP. I also recently bought PT. Now finally to my question: With a bankroll sufficient enough to start playing at 2/4, should I still just move up to .50/1 and get some experience so I can go to 1/2, OR simply start off playing 1/2 to avoid what some are saying is a tough transition from the looseness of .50/1 to the so-called "rock garden" of 1/2?

Comments or suggestions greatly appreciated.

silkyslim · #2 06-16-2005, 05:38 PM

play .5/1 and get a PT database, then post again. (try around 10k hands)

kapw7 · #3 06-16-2005, 05:39 PM

If you have the BR for 2/4 don't play 0.5/1 or even 1/2. You are not going to learn anything useful. If you find out that your experience is not good enough then you can move back down.

Sasnak · #4 06-16-2005, 05:46 PM

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If you have the BR for 2/4 don't play 0.5/1 or even 1/2. You are not going to learn anything useful. If you find out that your experience is not good enough then you can move back down.

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I got the BR for 3/6 and am grinding the 1/2. Testing your game at 1/2 for a few thousand hands won't take long, and it's better than jumping to a level where the play is totally different from what he's been playing.

Emotionally speaking, getting sucked out on a 30BB pot at 1/2 is easier to take then the same 30BB suckout at 2/4. ie., TILT! Steaming through 50-100BB's at 2/4 can devastate his roll.

Test your game at 1/2, then move up if you feel you are capable of it.

silkyslim · #5 06-16-2005, 05:47 PM

I totally disagree. Please don't jump to 2/4 online you will regret it.

aK13 · #6 06-16-2005, 05:55 PM

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If you have the BR for 2/4 don't play 0.5/1 or even 1/2. You are not going to learn anything useful.

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kapw7 · #7 06-16-2005, 06:26 PM

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I totally disagree. Please don't jump to 2/4 online you will regret it.

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I play at 2/4 (more SH than full-ring) and I don't find it that scary at all

kapw7 · #8 06-16-2005, 06:28 PM

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Steaming through 50-100BB's at 2/4 can devastate his roll.

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50-100BBs is not a big deal if you are properly bankrolled (>300BB)

Jakesta · #9 06-16-2005, 06:31 PM

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Steaming through 50-100BB's at 2/4 can devastate his roll.

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50-100BBs is not a big deal if you are properly bankrolled (>300BB)

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100 BB is 1/3 of your roll if you have 300 BB. Don't be ridiculous Kapo.

kapw7 · #10 06-16-2005, 06:36 PM

Who is ridiculous?
You have 1000+ posts here and you never read before about the 300BB bankroll rule , about 50-100BB downswings being normal etc etc ??