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I'm saying that conflating what should be an entirely rational motivation with another motivation, "growing some balls" (proving your courage) is ultimately not in your best interest. If you think taking shots at bigger games is +EV, fine, and it sounds like in this case it worked out for you.

As I already said, the problem is when the same reasoning indicates that you should move back down. Does that mean that, having grown some testicles, you're now shrinking them? If you think this way, then you may have immense psychological barriers to playing at the stakes you need to play at given a certain bankroll. After all, moving down would mean you're a pussy, right? And in general, poker decisions borne out of a fear of being a pussy aren't good ones.

In general anything that tempts you to make a -EV decision should be avoided -- including metaphors that wrongly accept playing higher stakes as a sign of virility. I liked that your post was factual -- I took a shot, I ran good -- so why detract from it by bragging about your courage when you really just took a reasonable gamble and got lucky?

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Ok I see what you are saying now, I thought you were just being another "I have more post than you arrogant prick".

I don't really think that moving down is "being a puss" but I see how it seems that way. I was just, more or less scared of not being good enough to play 20. After doing it I'm not scared of moving up so much anymore. I actually can't wait to have about 20-25k so I can take a few shots in the 40 game. At CAZ it seems there is quite a skill level difference between 20/40 and 40/80 that I don't think exsists from 8/16 to 20/40.