See how opinions differ Lowie? I think 40 buy ins is over rolled, the craggy old BR nit doesn't.

Only you can decide if you're ready.

imo young whipper-snapper is welcome to be rash with his own br, but should exercise discretion when advising a noob about his.

In a purely technical sense the bankroll you need is governed by your win rate, its standard deviation and the risk of ruin that you're happy to have - but as no one in the real world really knows what their true win rate or its standard deviation are, the best advice you can give someone else when it comes to risking their money is to err on the side of caution.

great sig NV..

as for time old BR discussion... i would def suggest 2-3 buyins "take a shot" strategy at the higher limit... that's all..

Well, I'd like to thank all for the advice and I think I changed my mind.

I am pretty sure I am a winning player at 50NL (11 BB/100, just over 20K hands though) so losing a couple of BI's at 100NL isn't the end of the world. I just hope you are right and the 100NL tables are not that hard compared to 50NL.

Next couple of days I don't have a lot of time and can probably only play very short sessions. Not ideal to take a shot IMO. I will probably give it a try next week, when I am in the middle of a longer session and running good/playing my best game.

I'll be sure to check here from time to time what you think about 200NL and 400NL

So I'll be moving back down to the 100's for a while.

$2k month now a $200 month. Cant hit shit, retards own me, people calling down and hitting etc, gg poker.

WARNING, THE FOLLOWING IS TL;DRish AND CONTAINS BAD BEAT STORIES.

Live poker day today. So I was and still am, hungover. I barely scraped myself off the sofa to go play but I did.

I went to a card club first, as the casino is quiet until like, 9pm. I play $2/4 PLHE. Uncapped. I get fuck all in the way of hands for 3 days, and finally get AQo OTB. There's a $10 straddle and it's called twice and I bump it up pot (like $30) and it's called four times. Four fucking times. Flop is TT8r and it's checked to me, there is no way I'm betting this. I check behind. Turn is a J. Checked through to me, I check again. This is insane I'm thinking, wtf do they all have? River is an Ace and it checked twice, MP bets $120 into like, $122 and I can't find a fold anywhere, hem and haw and call, mr straddle calls. Straddle shows AKo, and MP shows JJ ftw. Lovely, wp sir, nh etc.

We get down to 4 handed and I open UTG. SB (JJ guy who is tilting after just being 3 outered) calls, HU. Flop is he checks I bet he calls. Turn is I double barrel and he calls. River bricks and he checks to me. I really, really wanna bomb the river as I know he has fuck all but as I ask the dealer what's in the pot I see him counting chips. Now I don't know for sure what he has. I think he has a missed draw. I don't know for sure. I check behind. He shows ftw I wanna puke at this point. KING FUCKING HIGH SCOOPS A $200 POT.

I leave the card club and go to the casino. Wait for 30 mins and get a seat at a "$200" NL game that has $2/$6 blinds and is apparently uncapped. Or something equally as retarded. I notice everyone is at least 200bbs' deep, so I sit down with 200bb's. I flop a flush draw, turn a gutshot to go with it and miss the river. Check/fold. I squeeze a turbo aggro dude's open and a loose callers call with 24 sooted, UTG folds, MP min 4 bets me. FFS. I fold.

I get AA in the C/0 and raise up two limpers, one calls. He donks the queen high flop, I repop, he folds. I make about 30 cents.

Two orbits later, C/O again, I raise up 2 limpers with KJo, Mr min 4 bet calls me. Flop is K25r. The driest flop evah. He bets 2/3rd into me, I decide I'll be getting all his monies and smooth call, I'm crushing the deck pretty much so I call. Turn is a 5, he bets 2/3rds, m'allin, he calls, river bricks, I show, he mucks. Ok, so now I'm back to 200bb deep.

Half hour later, I 3 bet QQ from the SB to an UTG raise. He thinks for a bit and calls. Flop is and I check raise all in, he calls, I know I'm dead, he tables KK, I don't suck out.

OBV I'm tilting at this point. I limp UTG (I did say tilting) and MP makes it $30, 3 callers, I call. Flop It's checked around. Turn is the so I now have a gutshot and FD. I bet $50, two folds, BTN pops to $120. Alarm bells ring but I can't fold for the money. I call. Turn is the oh so ugly giving me my flush and pairing the board. I bet $150 into $240 and he calls. And tables 66. DOUBLE YEW TEE EFF. I ask him if he thought about raising the river, he says he did. Obv must of had me of quads, the fking tard. So I decide right there and then I'm going home.

House over flush, QQ into KK, missed draws, fucking MEH.

All in all, -$760.

Sucks to be me.