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Message: [QUOTE="TurnipHead, post: 583058, member: 17660"] I'm gonna respond by using the 3rd person narrative to be more objective but this is the way I see it: 1. A good and knowledgeable poker player (who's been on a good run) suddenly has a terrible run of luck and experiences a severe downswing. 2. By his own admission, his BR Management has never been a serious consideration but after this latest debacle he has given it some serious thought. 3. He thinks of a plan of action and decides to take 2 months out - in which time he plans to read up and study hard on the subject. 4. After the 2 months have elapsed his plan is to lay down 4K and play exclusively the 5/10 Limit tables and the 1/2 NL tables. Now, I may not be Poker Genius Number 1, but I personally cannot see anything wrong in this. His proposed BR is in line with the limits and he is taking the requisite time out to get his thoughts together. The biggest two arguments against the idea seem to be: (1) You shouldn't go up in limits to recuperate loses. The counter-argument to this is that by taking a significant "time out" or "cooling off" period, he should be refreshed enough to do battle with a clear head. Many people against Storm's idea here seem to assume that Storm's decision is based on anger management issues and that he's gonna dive straight back in, hot-headed, to try to win it back. (2) You do not have the skill to compete at those levels. Now I'm not really sure about this one but it seems that Storm's track record suggests he can mix it with these boys. I, personally, play micro-limits because I know I can beat these games and I prefer to play safe at the present time. I also treat poker as a leisure activity rather than a serious way to make money. But in the grand scheme of things these levels are hardly High Stakes Poker! They are mid-levels with the usual mix of good and bad players and Storm has already pointed out that: "I'm good enough for 5/10 limit and 2/4 NL but I'm only going to put 4k on so I will not be bankrolled for 2/4 NL, honestly the players at 5/10 limit are really not the greatest and players at 1/2NL are pretty horrible." Let's put the facts on the line here. A guy is going to play poker at slightly higher levels, with a fresh bankroll after a significant time out period to reflect. No problem. Go for it say I. [/QUOTE]

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