I tend to agree that you're moving up too quickly. If you're killing the PLO and NLHE tables (well done by the way), what's the urgency in moving up so quickly? What got you to this point, was grinding it out. I think that the safe bet is to have at least 80-100 buy-ins, but I would be content and secure enough with no less than 40; otherwise it's just too risky.
A few weeks ago, I was grinding it out over at PokerTime at the .09/.01 Sit&Go 5-seat tournaments, fighting with a just a couple of bucks, slowly bringing that up to $20 (and that was a VERY tough grind), and then I jumped up to the .50 cent buy-in tournaments. If you're good enough (and sounds like you are), you're going to get there anyway, why not play it safe and build-on your bankroll; and don't jeopardize it in any way.
Moving up slowly sure seems boring, but if you graph/chart/record your sessions, it may help to motivate you to make the right play. The process of getting there can be fun. Here's a great tool (and it's free) from a great site, to help you see and review your progress:
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson was on record saying that he built-up a $10,000 (now apparently $25,000) bankroll, with only a $1 deposit to start him off (although he busted-out on his first dollar so had to redeposit for another $1 so it's actually $2). He said that once he made about $16, he knew that he would never lose. Over the period of something like 6 months, he claimed that he really had to grind-it-out, and that it wasn't easy moving up levels as quickly as he would have liked. He kept to his plan, and that he couldn't move up unless he had at least 100 buy-ins (I seem to recall). So, if he went on a bad streak, he had to move down a level and work his way back up.
Ferguson was already a millionaire many times over when he started this project, he really didn't need to waste his time doing that, but if he went through all of that trouble to see if his method was good enough, I'm going to guess it's good for everyone else.
If you want to hear some solid interviews about how some of the top ranked online poker stars built their bankroll, I'd check out PocketFives.com Podcast page (
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I hope that some of this helps.
Steed
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