So i started 5 nl this week and ive been on a heater just crushing the **** out of it, (43 bb/100 over 6k hands) and my roll just hit $250. Should i move up to 10nl right away or should i get a bigger sample first?
Feels weird hittin and runnin 5NL in less than a week, but i cant think of any reason to stay.

Run!

Up to 25 NL (where I'm at now) I fell it's an easy ride, even tought sometimes you need to get used to the bigger amount in play and get used to less idiots and more regs.

Sinci you have the money you need to play 10nl I can't see why not.

If you run bad you can always move back.

Good luck

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you should have moved up to 10nl when you got 200. 10nl = 5nl but slightly bigger pots.

Move up.

10nl isn't that much different. As a word of note, understand why you are winning. If it is because people are stacking off with second pair against your top or over pair, you'll find it is less common at 10nl and virtually non-existent at 25nl.

FWIW, I'm extremely jealous. It took me 6 weeks to build the bankroll to move from 5nl to 10nl.

No reason to spend any more time in the true micros than necessary. If I had to start fresh I would be VERY aggressive in moving up through 25NL. At least at 25NL you can make a decent wage so it's more worth your time.

move up

as everyone already said, you have 25 BI, that's deffinately enough for at least a shot...

Decent wage?

I can't see how anyone could grind out a living playing $25NL

Damntra, actually it depends how much you play and how good you are. And also, where you live. If you don't have any major mortgages, win at 5ptbb/100 and put in like 60k hands per month, you can get by pretty easily. In Estonia.

Although I don't see the point of that ^^

alright im movin up thx for the replies

I know I live in NYC and it's expensive to live here, but to be able to pay my bills, have some spending money and put some away, I can't see that happening no matter how much you grind at $25NL.

If you're winning at 5ptbb/100 playing 9 tables, then that's $15/hr. That seems like a liveable wage to me. If I put in 40hrs a week same as my normal work, I could easily pay mortgage, bills etc and have spending money with that.

Not that I'm thinking of doing it, but what would you guys suggest is the lowest level where you can play full time and earn a living?

That's $31k a year.

If you want to live somewhere decent, rent alone is no less than $12k, not including utilities, internet, etc.

I guess you could skimp by with that but I just couldn't do it. Not being able to go out and socialize and what have you would drive me nuts.

Damantra, not everywhere is as expensive as NYC. 31k a year where I live in Indiana is quite comfortable for a single.

Well, I did qualify if by saying that I do live in one of the most expensive cities.

I think you could probably grind $50NL and live anywhere but that it's not possible to grind $25NL and live anywhere.

I think the proper poker starts at around nl25 to nl50.......... I'm playing nl25 right now trying to build my bankroll, but it is going slow due to my bad play and lack of free time to play, anyhow..........

Move up to NL10 imo......... there are more regulars and less idiots as you move higher up, but bad players still exist, maybe one per table instead of 5 or 6 lol, and you will have to work hard on your own game too.... you will soon identify leaks which need plugging.

25 buyins is good imo, if you lose 7 or 8 then drop back down, but really you are not going to improve your game much by playing idiots for $5 stacks....... Poker is a bit weird in that respect, because you want to play bad players but you also want to improve and make some decent money if at all possible.

But the chances of actually being able to play 40hrs a week of poker? I mean I managed 5hrs today and approx 1500 hands and even if I had the time I wouldn't want to be doing more.........

I don't understand the motivation of the players who are playing 8+ tables at NL25, I mean god, just move up a couple of levels and play better poker on less tables for fewer hands and win the same if not more.

Yeah, I see what you mean, and agree about NL50.

Move up as soon as you got the basics under control...

I spent a lot of time moving up, scared of going too fast or whatever. Started at 2NL and moved up to 50NL (going through all the steps in between, 5NL, 10NL and 25NL). Basically, move up to 10NL or 25NL.

I feel like I've wasted a lot of time on the lowest limits. You don't play poker there, it's a good thing for handselection and valuebetting but that's all. At 10NL there were atleast some people who knew what they were doing but only at 25NL I really started seeing some regs and players with knowledge.

The lower limits (up to 10NL) are nice to get going with the basics but no need to start at the very bottom, 10NL is easy enough as well.

25NL is where it starts to get fun IMO.

You can actually Cbet and make money from it on occasion.

First impressions of 10nl is like ****** VILLE i mean the players are like = to 2nl...
5nl had like 3 or 4 decent regs per table, this **** is just full of horrible players... maybe its the weekend but i cant even put it into words how bad these ppl are, i played early enough in the day it couldn't of ALL been weekenders..
and every table has tons of these shortstacked tards with like 20 or 30 bb's.

im gonna make my first deposit and grind the bonus here i guess.

im incoherent already but im gonna go drink and celebrate how bad 10NL is.

nope ur playing 5Nl