Shouldn't he move up?

hiho · #1 07-12-2006, 10:46 PM

A friend of mine moved from playing on party (10 dollar SitnGoes)to stars and started at the low buy-in of $3 turbo SitNgoes. He has played 81 of them and has a ROI of 35.08% and ITM of 46.91%. I say that he should move up and he has the bankroll for it. He says that it is not enough sample size but he was a winning player at party at the $10 STT. Shouldn't he move up?

TruFloridaGator · #2 07-12-2006, 10:47 PM

Yes.

hummusx · #3 07-12-2006, 10:47 PM

Yes. If he has the bankroll, there's no reason not to move up. He's right about the sample size, but why worry about it at this level?

hiho · #4 07-12-2006, 11:22 PM

His bankroll is around $450, think that it should be plenty for the $6-0.50 tables.

costanza_g · #5 07-12-2006, 11:23 PM

Yes.

hiho · #6 07-12-2006, 11:25 PM

How much up?

sanmarcosrun1 · #7 07-12-2006, 11:32 PM

You are not doing your friend a favor by encouraging him to move up when he doesn't feel right about it yet. The mind can do terrible things to a player if they move up when they don't feel ready. For him it maybe a confidence thing and not a bankroll thing. I would recommend telling him to add a game in from the next level here and there to make a slow transition so his confidence can be built that way.

infinite_loop · #8 07-13-2006, 12:20 AM

Why not?

cakewalk · #9 07-13-2006, 12:36 AM

he should move up when he feels ready,and not sooner.

AnthonyV · #10 07-13-2006, 12:53 AM

I'm going to throw out some advice, which may be against the conventional forum wisdom, but what the hell.

It's tough to know scientifically whether you're a winning player at a particular buy-in level without a pretty serious amount of volume at that level. That being said, I feel like a guy like Cit or Curtains could say that they can beat the 22s without playing 200 of them. The reason of course is that they've demonstrated that they can beat higher buy-in levels (and by the efficient market theory of STTs, a higher level of skill). To accomplish such a achievement, one needs a requiste composite of skills: i.e. basic poker knowledge, and more importantly a rigorous and applicable understanding of ICM. By extension, it is possible that one could, with a certain amount of knowledge, make a conclusion that one had the potential to be a winning player at a particular level even without playing hundreds of STTs but by solely having a skillset.

All that I'm getting at is this: People should not feel like they have to play 390726 $11 SNGs before moving up to the $22s. That's just silly. If you have been rocking out SNGPT, post of the forum, and seem to "get it," don't waste your time on a cooler at the 11s.