Stepping Up Headaches

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Time (and a few winning sessions) is the best way to cure yourself of this, but another trick I've used in the past is to follow someone from my buddy list up to the higher limit and sit at his table (preferably on his left). This gives me an instant shot of confidence, as I know there is at least one player at the table that I can outplay, and whose style of play I'm familiar with.

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Excellent advise. Very thorough post.

I have yet to start a comprehensive buddy list other than the one in trail copy of Poker Tracker. (Looking for a discount or used copy of that or comparable software, by the way.)

One reason for this is my short tenure in poker and second is that my 1st month was pretty much all losses so all my buddy's would have been shark-buddies to avoid.