Stepping Up Headaches

[CardRG]

Is there much difference in the opponents from one incremental limit to the next in limit Hold Em?

I’ve been only playing online for a couple months. I got off to a rocky start like many new players.

I played higher limits like 2.00/4.00 for awhile, but got roughed up. From there I wound my way down to the 0.25/0.50 micros, spent time there learning the game.

Now I’m back up to 1.00/2.00 and have been playing well.

I would suspect that out of my last 20 sessions (a session for me averages between 50 and 80 hands), I’ve walked away a winner in at least 15 of them. Most of these wins have been modest, ten or fifteen bucks. A few have been impressive for that limit: Almost seventy once, a few forties and one fifty.

My question is this: Do I sound like a candidate for moving up to 2/4. My bankroll isn’t the issue; it can afford well support such a move.

Lately, I’ve made short forays at the 2/4 limit--sort of as a test, a feeling out, the way a timid swimmer will poke a foot in the chilly water of a pool.

These sessions have been generally shorter than my normal ones--never more than 50 hands and sometimes as little as 30, so my sample is not definitive.

The results haven’t been good. Out of six sessions, only one has been a winner.

I can’t really explain it. I think I’m playing OK, basically playing the same game that gets me the chips in 1.00/2.00. But yet I wind up getting beat.

Can there really be that much difference between these two levels? The opponents seem stronger, more aggressive, fewer complete maniacs. I see trickier moves, like check raising or a player with pocket Kings checking every hand to the river just to draw in the unwary.

Psychologically, I know I’m a little timid about the higher dollar amounts. As I said, my bankroll is ripe for higher limits, but my mind may not be.