Quote Originally Posted by courtiebee
Bump.

Anyone else have anything to say about this?

I am about to start playing $25NL with a $4k bankroll. Obviously bankroll isn't an issue right now. When should I move to $50NL?

Someone told me to move up when I have made 10 buyins. Does anyone agree with this?
I don't think that is a very good rule to move up when you've made 10 buyins. Personally, I feel comfortable playing w/ a bankroll on the site of only 10 buyins, but that is because I've always moved up when I was killing the previous level.

I think the biggest rule is to move up after you have been consistently beating the level you are on for at least a couple months. JMHO. Even then, only move up if you are confident you can beat the next level. I also recommend spending a lot of time watching play at the next level.

I think confidence is so important, because when you move up, you may go directly into a downswing and you don't want to get discouraged there if you know your playing great poker.

Another good thing to do is set a reasonable limit that you will lost at a level before moving down. For example, if you want to move to 1/2, tell yourself if you lost 1600 dollars you will move down and build up again. That isn't a terrible strategy.