Why not just play 10NL for 2 weeks and get rolled for 25NL? I am not the greatest player by any stretch and I have been running at $14/hr 12 tabling 10NL 6-max in the past week. I am at $400 and hoped to get rolled for 25NL by next month since I only get to play about 1-2 hours per day.
Don't be in such a rush to move up.. its not like its a race or anything.
Tj