Thx. If you define fail as moving up to a level and then losing so many buy-ins that you have to drop down to the last, then, no, I haven't failed yet. But, the games just get tougher, so there is still plenty of time for me to fail Every move from the start has been as I've described it in this thread. There was a time @ $50NL where I got discouraged some because my win-rate @ $25NL was yielding me more money than $50NL and game selection seemed to get dramatically tougher and I ended up playing $25NL more than I anticipated, but I stuck with $50NL and beat it for the full 30 buy-ins plus some more. Win, lose, or draw, we're all going to have struggles along the way, so trying to work through them is key.