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Quote Originally Posted by hdouble
I was thinking about my climb up the ladder in limits, and remembered some advice I received before I started playing poker. A fellow card counter said in an email, "My only advice is some I wish I had when I was starting out. Move up in limits as fast as you can."

Dangerous advice, of course, but if you have a conservative interpretation of "as fast as you can", then I think this is excellent advice. As long as you're playing within your bankroll and have a mind for the game, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in the game at the next higher limit. One of my favorite passages in Jesse May's "Shut up and Deal" addresses the difference between the bigger games and the smaller games:

"The entire table can't help but hear him say, "I'd just like to know one thing - what is the biggest difference between playing 100-200 and 10-20?" I look at him and say, "The limit - this is a different limit," and he gives me an uncomprehending look and then smiles because he thinks I'm joking and says again, "No, really, I mean what's the major difference in play in these games?" And I say, "The chips are different - these chips are worth more money." And I say it completely deadpan and now he thinks I'm taking the piss out of him and he wipes the smile off his face. I see Johnny trying hard not to laugh. "You see if we were playing 10-20 we would be using red chips, but we're not." Everybody thinks I'm trying to make a fool out this guy, but I'm just saying the only completely honest thing that I can. But it's not what this guy wants to hear. I want to shake him. I want to shout, "Look at me! Listen to me! There is no difference in play!!" But I don't say that, I just repeat in a small voice, "This is a higher limit. The game is exactly the same as 10-20 but we use different chips."