Spread it thin or lump it into 1 or 2??

[Doctor Futtock]

OK, this is something that has been playing on my mind and I just can't seem to figure it out:
At about the start of this year I put 4 X $500 into 4 sites; namely: Coral Poker, Poker Heaven, Paddy Power and PKR. I play pretty much the NL tables with the $25 max buy-in and I currently stand at about a $800 profit. Now, I am really tempted to spread my wings and open up my options by pumping in another 2 X $500 into Party Poker and Poker Stars because I really want to be part of these sites as well.

But I just don't know whether this is the right way to go about it. I really like the variety of playing on all these sites but by spreading my bankroll this way I know I'm kinda chaining myself to these $0.15/$0.25 ($25 max buy-in) tables when part of me says I should move up.
In order to move up, of course, I'll have to discard 3 or 4 sites and go for the 2 X $1500 option which will leave me with none of the variety.

Now you guys have been around the block a few times and seem to know your stuff (I've only been playing online for about 18 months). Which do you suggest is the best option? Or, should I just deposit the $1000 into Party and Stars, consider my BR to be around $4000 and just move up to the $0.25/$0.50 ($50 max buy in) anyway?

[redron85]

I'm not an expert at this, but from what I read it's best to have 20 buy-ins for a particular level. If you deposit $1000 onto Party and Stars, it's exactly 20 buy-ins and you should be good. With a BR of $4000 you seem insanely over-rolled for 25NL. If you're using an e-wallet it isn't that hard transferring funds from site to site, if you dip on one site couldn't you just transfer from another one?

[StepBangin]

Take the money out of the other sites and put it all on stars and party and quit playing the other sites

[2461Badugi]

www.bonuswhores.com

Enjoy.

[Annorax]

Move up to NL50 or NL100, get out of those small sites before you get ripped off badly, and move 100% to Stars and FT.