When to move up?

[fees]

Right now I'm playing 50NL and have a 1k bankroll, when does my bankroll permit me to move up? What are typical buy in's for SSNL?

[boycalledroy]

20xBI = next level!

[jonyy6788]

You can take shots at NL100 @ 2,000, but I wouldn't recommend going in with 2k. Too often (natural variance) you will end up uncomfortable.

[AKQJ10]

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20xBI = next level!

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ALL THE BANKROLL IN THE WORLD WILL NOT AVOID RUIN IN A GAME YOU CAN'T BEAT.

I'm so vehement about this because I see everyone put the cart before the horse again and again. They debate whether the proper bankroll for a NLHE game is 20, 25, or 30 buy-ins. That's a fine debate among established winners, but it's horrid to throw out any of those numbers to a new player or one without an established ability to beat the game in which they play.

Your proper bankroll for a game you're playing for the first time is NOT 20 buy-ins, nor 25, nor 30. Your proper expectation for a game that you haven't established you can beat is that you will be investing money while learning to beat it.

Now that I've got that highly repetitive rant out, let's face the obvious -- you won't know if you can beat the bigger game if you never take a shot at it. So by all means, use 20 BIs as a guideline for that. But far more important than your bankroll when you start out is your willingness to move back down if necessary or to do the required analysis of your game if you struggle.

[Panic__NL]

very wise words, thanks for that.

[cubase]

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Right now I'm playing 50NL and have a 1k bankroll, when does my bankroll permit me to move up? What are typical buy in's for SSNL?

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Moving up from 50NL (also includes link for moving up from 25NL)...

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...p;vc=1&nt=2 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=7843750&page=0&fpart=1&v c=1&nt=2)