Yea I understand! Man I wish I knew what I know now when I started!

my first week I won a small $5+1 tourney that got me into a $100+10 tourny....

I placed 12th my 1st week playing. (10th-20th got money)

I got $104 which was really nice for me (I lost it all and had to rebuy) but I learned a LOT with that free $104!!

If I had not placed 12th in that tourny I probbaly would not be playing now because of the amount I lost up front which was only about $250 or so but still that was a lot for me.

I am very consistant with my 25nl game. I can play 2tables at a time, and MAYBE 3.... not sure. I had some stiff competition at my 3rd table and ended up losing $10 to a bad beat. But i think if that had not happened I would of been winning on all 3 tables.

Anyway what point should I move up?

Do I need to hit 50 again or can I build up and skip 50 and go to $100 - 400 nl ?

Also I just started playing these sng tournaments!! They are really nice but I lost all 4 I played!

$6 for 3 and $11 for the other. I am use to the 100+ people tournaments not 1-2 table tournaments. Just amatter of practice I guess.

So basically to summarize:

1) Should I stick with playing tables or should I start investing a little into these SnG tournaments??

2) What should my bankroll be before I move up?

3) Is party poker better than empire? I know they are basically the same but they look a lot different. Does either have easier money?