moving down lol

If you profit so well at NL50 you should pay for a coach.

Eventually a big downswing at nl50 will teach you that something like 3.5bb/100 is perfectly fine and those result oriented calculations are bull

Moving down if you don't feel confident at the level is ok though

maybe you ran good at nl50 for 35k hands and ran normal at nl100 for 15k hands?

You do understand that you will barely if at all improve if you keep playing NL 50 while you will improve if you play NL 100 right? Personally I play 4 tables and I think it's fine for 6max. So if I were you I'd keep grinding out NL 100 4tabling and try to get enough roll to move up to NL 200 and continue to move up etc. No sense moving down when you are a moderate to decent winner at your current stakes. It probably goes without saying that the plan on moving up to NL 200 and skipping NL 100 is retarded.

you dont have to play where your hourly is highest if you can assume reasonably that theres some kind of learning process going on

On August 23 2008 10:59 Python817 wrote: maybe you ran good at nl50 for 35k hands and ran normal at nl100 for 15k hands?

I currently have the same situation. But I opted to play NL100 instead, even though I may make less money NOW, getting better at a higher limit I think is best. Jumping from NL50 to NL200 makes no sense to me, if you can't beat (the way you want to) NL100 then what makes you think NL200 will be easier? Just cut down tables and focus more, and mix some sessions of NL50 if you need the money.

It doesn't make sense at all actually. If you know you crush 50NL for 11pt/bb steady then there really isn't any reason for you to be going back down. Right now you should consider yourself to be taking a shot at 100NL and working your way up to establishing a steady 7-10pt/bb win-rate at that level. There is no shame in taking some time to do this. Your rake-back is also doubled by playing at 100NL instead of 50NL so keep that in mind. You should always be challenging yourself and looking to play in the biggest game your capable of. Moving down makes no sense if your confident you are already a demi-God at the lower level. Work on becoming one at a higher level if you want to improve obv.

are you kidding me play nl100 ez

once you get to higher stakes youll be confused as to why you even thought about sticking at a lower stake

Screw some 50$/hr. Play as high as ur BR allows u to and try to improve as much as u can. Dont even think about money. Just play the best poker u can. Dont tilt, make the least amount of mistakes and learn from those which u make. When u reach midstakes 300-500$/hr is standard with some game selection.
Imagine that for whatever reason u slowed down ur moving up proces and wasted 2months of not playing midstakes b/c u wanted to have 50$/hr RIGHT NOW. Even if u would only make 200$/hr and played only 30hrs/month. Thats 9k$ wasted in potential profit. So now gogo and make LEARNING your priority not grinding, so u can be 500$/hr baller faster than those who want that 50$/hr rigth now.

You're limiting yourself.

Too early to do such a thing IMO. And I agree that at NL200 you'll most likely feel like Alice in wonderland if you skip NL100.

I would just cut down tables and put all sorts of notes on my opponents if i was moving up.

On August 23 2008 11:14 Shabbzoy wrote: you dont have to play where your hourly is highest if you can assume reasonably that theres some kind of learning process going on

this and this only. you're thinking shortterm while you should think longterm

even if your hourly isn't as good at nl100, you should play there anyway to further your development as a player and allow you to move up to 200nl and beyond, where eventually (if you're a winner there), your hourly will certainly be higher than it is at nl50 at the moment.
do you really want to hold yourself back and restrict yourself to nl50 for a long period of time? unless you are in a situation where you desperately need that extra estimated $5/hour, you should aim for long term.