Want to Up My Game

[DeadMoneySimm]

Hello all. I'll start out by saying thank you in advance for your help and advice.

A little background: I've been playing for over 3 yrs now, mostly .50/$1 NL in home games and $1/$2 NL in casinos and clubs, anywhere from .10/$.25 - $2/$4 NL on various internet sites. I consider myself a solid player when I'm clicking on all cylinders and have had great days both off and on-line with profits of over $1000.

Lately, I haven't been playing as much live and have been getting killed online because of trash-playing donks that you can raise up to 50% of their stack pre-flop and they'll still call with garbage hands. Enough ranting.

I want to get moving to higher levels. My next step is 2/4,2/5,5/5 on a consistent basis. I'm not so much concerned with what I need to do except bankroll management.

My current plan has failed over the long haul. I have been trying to slowly build up my roll online by playing in micro limit games and moving up, but I usually need to cash out to repay deposits or I hit a streak that wipes out my roll after doing well for a while.

I'd like to start off with a roll of 10-15 buy-ins for 2/4, but it would take me a while to save $4-6k. I don't want to go back to playing 1/2 because there's truly no respect for money at that level. Not that I think it will be way better at 2/4, 2/5, but at least a little better is an improvement.

Right now, I'd say I have about 1200-1500 to work with. What are your reccomendations?

[Big_Jim]

Play .5/1

or go broke, whichever suits you better.

[Teh1337zor]

yeah play .5/1 and move up once you have 11 buyins at the next level stay at 2/4 nl until you have 12k

[FGators]

I might even put in 25k hands of NL 50...beat that game, get confident, experiement,etc. then move up to NL 100 when you hopefully have around $3000-3500. Play a few MTTs when you have cash games going to give your roll a potential shot in the arm in the way of a MTT score.

[DeadMoneySimm]

So how much should you risk in 1 day?

[FGators]

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So how much should you risk in 1 day?

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I would probably stop after I lose 5 buyins a day with your roll at NL 50 if it comes down to it.

If you ever fall to around $400-500 I would say go to NL 25 until you get back up to $1000.

Its all about being conservative and not pushing your roll too far or you will end up being broke. Also spend time in the SSNL Forum reviewing hands and stuff. Don't make playing to studying a 10:1 ratio, make it more a 3:1 ratio.

[MattC]

play 100 for awhile. see how well you do, your results are based on your play not because donkish players are outdrawing you.

[DeadMoneySimm]

what's a good goal for the day? double - triple? Or just keep playing till you startmaking mistakes?

[FGators]

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what's a good goal for the day? double - triple? Or just keep playing till you startmaking mistakes?

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Its a much used term on here but I think you have to definitely have to take "doubling" and "tripling" out of your poker bankroll posts right now. It's more about playing hands correctly, reading right, being more creative preflop against the right regulars,etc. than simply a financial gain.

If you improve you'll steadily win, if you can avoid some unluckiness.

[kekedarius]

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what's a good goal for the day? double - triple? Or just keep playing till you startmaking mistakes?

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Your goal should be to play as well as you possibly can. for reals