Whats your Peter Principle?

Came across this phrase for the very first time yesterday and earlier on pokerstars a guy told me his Peter Principle was 50NL! This provoked interest and off to wiki I went.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

Is this a new idea? (in poker)

Apparently it can be related to poker. I guess 10NL is mine, Atleast lately where I have been very much at the mercy of tilt. I just KNOW that if I take all the stupid idiotic witless plays that I know I shouldnt be making out of my sessions I could be beating 10NL easily (5BB/100)

Instead I feel I am barely breaking even over the last week or so. c'est la vie!

Its wierd but even though at present I would make more $/hour at 5NL, I can't quite bring myself to drop down!

Whats YOUR peter principle? Do you have the disciplin to play just that one level lower?

The Peter Principle assumes a point beyond which you're either unwilling or unable to improve, there is nothing in my life in which I've found this point.

Ah, I must have misunderstood the concept. I thought it was more the point at which you are promoted or promote yourself (in poker) to your own level of incompetence or relative mediocrity.

If I ever came to a point in my life where I was unwilling to improve I think a shotgun mouthwash would deffinately be in order!

I think I may have found mine!

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Its been one month at 10NL and a pretty decent sample shows a player who has promoted himself to his particular level of incompetence. Only an average loss of 2.28BB/100 hands but over nearly 29k hands its obvious that this isn't great for my bankroll.

I've managed runs of several thousand hands both great and wholely depressing. 9 steps forward followed by 10 steps back appears to be the recuring theme and at this level I have become a frustrated and tilty player.

compare this to my last one month sample at 5NL and you can see quite a difference...

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I think my reasoning for trying a second shot at 10NL was down to a sizable portion (15k hands) running at >8BB/100. I guess its possible to run hot for that number of hands?

I will drop back down... AGAIN!

if you play 6max I'd be happy to talk to you on Skype as I do think i qualify as a winner on 10NL lol 6BB\100 for 20k hands I think is decent enough.
Let me know if you are interested via PM

i play 10NL mainly those 20-50 BB, somehow i am doing a much better job at these than i am at 5NL. there are plenty of people joining the game for 2-3$ and pushing any pair, just too easy to take their money.

Deceitful_Frank i think your problem is psychological as you think you are at a new level when if fact they are the same donks and you give them respect when they don't need it; you might be playing scared money.

Or overly fancy money more likely. But this is a pretty good reason why you'd be crushing 5NL, and then when you move up to 10NL, you start losing. You're over adjusting to the rise in limits, when you probably shouldn't be changing your game.

Nope, it`s not a new idea in poker, nor even at CC.

See this thread.