I think, people have many different reasons for not moving up, but for me personally my cash game journey kind of ended at 25NL on PokerStars, because I found it to difficult to get on good tables. And I just don’t think, that I can beat the rake, if I have to mostly play against other regulars, many of whom are probably even professional players.
My attempt of a solution was to move to 888 Poker, where supposedly cash games should be softer. This however turned out to not really be the case, and moreover there were often not even tables running at 20NL or 30NL forcing me to play either 10NL or 50NL. It also seemed someone pointless to move up, when on 888 Poker I was not even able to show a significant profit at 10NL. So most of my cash game activity on 888 Poker ended up being at 10NL, even though my plan and hope was to move up.
After a while I moved to mostly playing tournaments, and I did so well in those, that I could now have a bankroll to move out of the micros for good. However I have withdrawn most of my winnings to pay for life expenses, which was not my intention or hope, but it happened none the less. And when you have family obligations, that is just the reality of life for many of us.
I am also not that experienced with tournaments yet, so to be able to actually beat for instance 22$ tournaments, I realistically need more practice and more off the table study. Its not enough to have a bankroll, and in many cases this might also be, why regulars don’t move up.
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