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Originally Posted by MtgDerivBoy
How fast do people even move up limits? If you're winning 5 BB / hr, it takes 20 hours to make one BI. You need 30 buy-ins per level, it's going to take 600 hours of play to move up one level. I guess if you're not using any poker winnings for living, you move up every half year?
Most pro players play the level that is most profitable on a risk/reward basis for their skill level and not based on the size of their bankroll. I am certainly in that group and have the bankroll to play much higher. I'm playing at a level where I know I have a strong edge. Almost every successful long term pro gambler is way over bankrolled for the levels they normally play. The others usually go busto... that is, they move up until they find a level that can, and will, wipe them out.
Second, there are not that many levels of live games. As soon as you are half decent you play 2/5, and 5/10 after that is the biggest game you find widely spread on a daily basis unless you are in a major poker location.
Also, if 30 buyins is your criteria, you don't have to wait until you have it all at once. You just have to wait until such time that you have the full bankroll for your main level and one or two buyins for the next higher level. Then you take a shot when the game looks soft. If you fail to make a good run, you again wait until you have grinded out another couple of buyins for the bigger level while playing your normal stakes. Then you do it again. There is no difference, mathematically, between having one bank of 30 buyins and taking 15 shots with 2 buyins each. The taking a shot way is better because it allows you to slowly become accustomed to the way the higher limit plays and lets you know if you are ready... plus, there is always some chance that you run hot when you take a shot and never look back. This works as long as you are not the stubborn type who will go on to lose your entire bankroll at the new level when you are taking a shot, refusing to go back to your grinding level.
Last edited by emerson; 10-21-2009 at 01:01 PM.