Re: moving up
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Forget about 20-40 or even 10-20 until you have 400 big bets at those levels.
You can be the best player in the world but if you can't manage your bankroll properly you WILL go bust.
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You've got to understand that the variance is HIGHER the higher you play. 10/20 has much more variance than 4/8. The reason is that the 4/8 game is probably about 60-70% fish who are very beatable and the rest solid players who are also beatable. The 10/20 probably has about 30% fish who are somewhat beatable, and the rest are solid players and experts who you will lose to. The 20/40 game probably has about 10-15% fish and the rest are experts. In the higher limits you'll be paying off better hands more and getting paid off with strong hands less. You've got to be able to manipulate those guys in order to win. 4/8 tactics won't work.
Also, the higher you play, the lower your BB/100 is expected. A 10/20 player might make 1bb/100, but a 20/40 player might make .75 bb/100 or less. Why? Because they are playing against better players who aren't going to easily give up additional bets.
What are you reading? While a book like "Hold'em Poker for advanced players" might help your game, "Small Stakes Hold'em" is more appropriate. The tactics in middle limit poker don't apply a lot of the time to our SS games. Be careful that the books you're reading are not geared toward the ML players.
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