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Originally Posted by Mike_The_Mad
I'm a Group 1 player that's struggling with the move up to 2/5. I've been taking shots and put in over 100 hours at 2/5 and the swings just affect me more mentally sitting on around a 5K poker roll with well over 20K life roll to back it up if necessary. I suppose I'm just waiting for that one sick 500bb+ session at 2/5 to put my confidence and roll in the right place. I'm also trying my best to not ever have to touch my life roll for poker.
the swings (or losses to be more clear....because I ain't scared of upswings!) is what holds me back as an occasional player - I logged 350 hours last year.
While I rarely (I think) make scared decisions, I still take the losses badly and I think that I'm not happy yet with the thought of dropping 3,5,7 buy ins through variance, coolers, bad reads, bad play etc at 2/5.
for me then, having a more built up roll is less about pure dollars as I'm pretty well set up in life, it's more about being able to detach myself more from the pain of the losing sessions at higher stakes
for this reason, I keep my bankroll in casino chips, which seems to help a lot.
great thread