Moving up!

Hello

I deposit 600$, 12.11.2007 and now i have 1800$. Have been playing 0.15/025, 0.25/0.50$, nl hold'em. Tried several times 0.50/1$, but every time i get my bankroll to 2000$ and move up, i get owned, so the question is, is it a big differnce between 0.25/0.50 and 0.50/1? Should i skip 0.50/1$ and move to 1/2$.

Please give me some good advice, i'm getting tired of always loosing when i move up.

If you skip the level you cannot beat, you will lose even faster at the higher level.

Keep venturing to the next level (with appropriate BR) until you are able to beat it. There are no short-cuts in poker, except to the deposit button.

probably shouldnt be skipping levels, i think you should beat the level then move up cuz competition should only get harder.

When I moved up levels, I would take the minimum amt allowed to the table. That way I seemed to play tighter, and when I got in a hand, it was with a well considered plan. If in fact I did lose my cash I started with, I could reload, again at the minimum. I'd play that way until I felt comfortable at that level. Also, if playing at a pot limit or All in table, and I got ahead significantly, I'd take the money and run. Then start over either at the same table or a new one, again with the minimum. That money management kept me ahead with out putting my bigger stack at risk.

Not the way i would do it but if it works for you. I would only reccomend moving up a level when you have built your bankroll at your current level to at least 20 times the full buy in at the new level. I also always enter a new table with the full buy in and keep it close to that by topping it up if I lose a small pot.

There isnt all that big of a jump in skill levels between nl$50 and nl$100. The main difference is that youll get 3-bet light a little more, so you should be adjusting your own 3-betting range and opening it a little. The $100 games on Full Tilt are a royal pain in the arse, Stars games are much much softer.

Play like a nit for a few thousand hands, get a feel for it, get to know the reg's, and youll still grind a small profit, and dont put yourself under too much pressure to move up. Dont skip this level, you have concepts to learn here that will be essential on the higher tables.

I like what Cheetah said IMO. If you feel that you cannot beat .5-1 level, you will struggle even more at 1-2. However, the way I see it is, if you can beat the .25-.5 game so easily, and you are making enough money to do whatever you want to do with then maybe consider staying at the level you're at atm.

It's taken you less than a month to treble the $600, so there's no reason why you cannot keep making around $1200 a month
. Put that into perespective and that is still $24,000 a year at the level you are at right now. So perhaps you do not even need to move up at all.

On the other hand, stick to the game you play at .25-.5 and move up again to .5-1 it could just be a stage you are going through, perhaps its abad run that will even itself out, or maybe you are playing like scared money. If you play the same way, and addapt to the new level, i'm sure you will end up winning even more money.

gl with your venture, gl at the tables all

no1yidmax

Thanks for the great advise, hope it will help me beat the nl100$ tables.