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Part VI-A: Moving Up in the Blinds
Once you find a blind level that you feel
comfortable with, and is in accord with your bankroll model, you
should stay at that level at least until it becomes profitable enough
so that your bankroll has grown to a size which would accommodate the
next highest blind level. Even then you may not want to move up
immediately. If you are making good money at a particular blind
level, then like the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix
it." At least for a while. Eventually, in order to grow as
a player, you're going to want to move up.
In online limit
games you will find poor play occurring all the way up to the 30/60
blind level. However, that doesn't mean that generally speaking
the players at 30/60 aren't more skilled than the players at 3/6.
They definitely are, and as you move up you will notice the
differences. So as you move up the ladder, you should realize
that even though you still see a lot poor play, the competition is
going to get generally tougher, and you should proactively seek to
acquire more advanced strategies to enhance your game to compensate
for that. You have some real sharks at 15/30 and 30/60 limit
games. Don't be afraid to drop back down if the competition
seems to difficult. Test the waters, drop back down, and further
prepare. The willingness to accept your own weaknesses, or the
fact that you are being consistently outplayed at a particular blind
level, is the surest method to achieve the fastest growth in poker.
If you're not ready for a particular blind level, or there is a
particular problem with your game, don't allow yourself to interpret
that fact to mean that you're just no good at poker, or anything like
that. Instead just look at it for what it is, you need work in
one particular area, or you need to acquire some more advanced skills,
and act accordingly. The faster you can accept something, the
faster you can do what you need to do to address and conquer it. |
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