Sweetness!

[eddo31]

I dont think that this point can be underemphasized. Even if you have the standard 300 bb roll for a game, if the stakes intimidate you in anyway then it is probably best to play at a lower limit until you feel completely comfortable making the leap. Until you feel completely comfortable at the higher level the lower game will be more profitable, because you will play much closer to optimally, irregardless of the level of your competition.

[Talking Poker]

Yup... I can play 15/30 6 max without hisitation, but at 30/60, I feel myself tighten up a bit (And more importantly, become a bit more passive), and I don't think that's a good thing. In fact, I'm certain it's a bad thing.

[badblood44]

Well, it depends.

I think you can play two ways in limit. First, you can play more conservatively and earn a smaller average profit with less variance. Or you can play more aggressively and earn a larger profit at the price of more variance.

Getting comfortable at a new level while playing in the former style is not necessarily bad. Just my opinion.

[Talking Poker]

Very good point.

[SirFWALGMan]

I know exactly what you are saying.. it all seems DOUBLE, so huge, new, etc.. but how are you ever going to get used to the "new" level if you do not play and get used to it. I felt intimidated, and had to get used to things when I first went from .25/.50 to .50/1. However, I stuck in there, got used to it, and advanced my game.

Obviously if you can not handle the level because the play is better, etc, you would not hand in there just to try and get used to it. You should give it a try though.

[Talking Poker]

You may have missed my other point. I believe (right or wrong) that the lower limit games (as low as 5/10, in fact) are SO MUCH softer, that my increased BB/100 at those limits will more than compensate for smaller BBs.

Still just a theory though, but certainly there will be less variance at the lower limits (in $, not in BB).