OP: Learn to beat the little game first

Just wanted to put this cooler up for reference, I mean we got all the money in so it worked out fine, any other thoughts on this one??

Full Tilt Poker Game #26977615676: Table Newton - $0.01/$0.02 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:35:47 ET - 2011/01/04
Seat 1: BrUnEsCu ($4.89)
Seat 2: UltraBlast ($1.55)
Seat 3: Demetra77 ($2.51)
Seat 4: k3nny02 ($2.07)
Seat 5: LaGringa86 ($2)
Seat 6: LJA MOZO ($2.20)
Seat 7: leowolf4 ($1.90)
Seat 8: Dotessa ($1.37)
Seat 9: HERO ($4.37)
HERO posts the small blind of $0.01
BrUnEsCu posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [9d 9h]
UltraBlast folds
Demetra77 folds
k3nny02 folds
LaGringa86 folds
LJA MOZO folds
leowolf4 raises to $0.04
Dotessa folds
HERO calls $0.03
BrUnEsCu calls $0.02
*** FLOP *** [9c 8c 2s]
HERO checks
BrUnEsCu checks
leowolf4 checks
*** TURN *** [9c 8c 2s] [3s]
HERO bets $0.12
BrUnEsCu calls $0.12
leowolf4 has 15 seconds left to act
leowolf4 calls $0.12
*** RIVER *** [9c 8c 2s 3s] [3d]
HERO bets $0.30
BrUnEsCu raises to $4.73, and is all in
leowolf4 folds
HERO calls $3.91, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $0.52 returned to BrUnEsCu
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BrUnEsCu shows [3h 2h] a full house, Threes full of Twos
HERO shows [9d 9h] a full house, Nines full of Threes
HERO wins the pot ($8.31) with a full house, Nines full of Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $8.90 | Rake $0.59
Board: [9c 8c 2s 3s 3d]
Seat 1: BrUnEsCu (big blind) showed [3h 2h] and lost with a full house, Threes full of Twos
Seat 2: UltraBlast didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Demetra77 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: k3nny02 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: LaGringa86 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: LJA MOZO didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: leowolf4 folded on the River
Seat 8: Dotessa (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: HERO (small blind) showed [9d 9h] and won ($8.31) with a full house, Nines full of Threes

1st comment-use the hand converter. Make it much easier to read.

2nd comment-I hope you made some notes on villian for this hand.

3rd comment- You really plan on waiting until $375 to move up to 5NL and $750 to move up to 10NL? You realize how hard that will be to do?

Assuming current BR of $200 and I can still cipher,
if you run good at 5bb/100 hands then you will need to
play 175,000 hands at 2NL just to get to 5NL
and another 230,000 hands at 5NL to get to 10NL.

So assuming you can consistantly run this good for 400k hands (unlikely) and you can play 1k hands per day then it will take you just over a year to get to 10NL.

Not going to be easy...

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB ($4.89)
UTG ($1.55)
UTG+1 ($2.51)
MP1 ($2.07)
MP2 ($2)
MP3 ($2.20)
CO ($1.90)
Button ($1.37)
Hero (SB) ($4.37)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, 9
5 folds, CO bets $0.04, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.03, BB calls $0.02
Flop: ($0.12) 9, 8, 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks
Turn: ($0.12) 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.12, BB calls $0.12, CO calls $0.12
River: ($0.48) 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.30, BB raises to $4.73 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $3.91 (All-In)
Total pot: $8.90 | Rake: $0.59

It won't be easy, you're definitely right.

And I might find that the BR limits are excessive, and maybe I'll dial them down a bit at some point. Its a possibility for sure.

But even if I don't, I'd be happy with that roadmap to 10NL. It definitely wouldn't suck to move up 2 levels in a year, especially w/ such strict guidelines imposed on my BR.