won at one level, down at the next

Dr1Gonzo · #1 05-04-2006, 04:30 AM

Hi I was playing $0.50/$1 and was 6BB/100 hands up over about 1,500 hands so I decided to move up a level just to try out things. However, on the $1/$2 I'm now down 3BB/100 and I've lost all confidence in my plays.

Reckon it would be advisable to move down a level or is this just one of those things that you have to get used to in limit poker?

If anything the games were much more loose at the $1/$2 games.

flo · #2 05-04-2006, 04:47 AM

Play more than 1500 hands. If you are up 6BB/100 within 50,000 hands you will move up with confidence and, more importantly, the required skill.

Webster · #3 05-04-2006, 07:04 AM

In order to see how good yo are you need at LEAST 30,000 hands at one level.

1,500 is still in the small range. A person can get good cards for 10,000 hands and then go belly up with bad beats for another 10,000.

.5/1 and 1/2 are way different games. Probebly thebiggest skill jump there is is online poker.

If I were you I would ALSWAYS be tipping my toe at higher levels but realize that short term (less then 10,000 hands) is all a lot of luck.

kerowo · #4 05-04-2006, 08:49 AM

I know how you feel, I was only running at 1.3 bb for 190k hands at .5/1 so I took a shot at 1/2 and am running at 97 bb over 20 hands. Now I can't bring myself to ruin that stat!

Seriously. Play more hands at .5/1 to get your roll up. Analyze your 1/2 sessions and see what you were doing wrong. Try again later when your roll and confidence are up.

Ampelmann · #5 05-04-2006, 08:50 AM

1500 hands on a level is nothing. Over my first 1500 hands on .1/.2 I was running at >11BB/100, the next 1500 were slightly negative. Read this post to see how confident you can be about your win rate.

Dr1Gonzo · #6 05-04-2006, 02:14 PM

Out of interest, how long does it take to play 30,000 hands ?!
It's definitely worth it though...

kerowo · #7 05-04-2006, 02:18 PM

I think I 4 tabled about 40 hours last month and had a total of 11k hands. That wasn't playing very much though, I've had months over 30k hands before when I was playing a couple of hours every day 4 and 5 tabling.

MrWookie · #8 05-04-2006, 02:25 PM

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Out of interest, how long does it take to play 30,000 hands ?!
It's definitely worth it though...

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There are people here who play 10k hands a day.

Bruce D · #9 05-04-2006, 02:37 PM

There was some time between my trial period and the time I bought PT, so I am estimating (as I am at work) but I have played about 80k in 10 months.

AT the start I was fanatic about playing. 8-10 hours a day, 2-4 tables for 3 weeks straight. Then I burned myself out and played everyday for shorter periods of time. Lately I can go a couple days without playing. So .. again .. it depends on your perpensity for playing.