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Message: [QUOTE="F Paulsson, post: 835870, member: 6979"] The general online standard [I]has[/I] improved over time, but I can't say that it always will. The net effect of the standard improving is roughly this: If I need X amount of hours of playing/studying a week to stay at level L, then the fact that my opponents are getting better just means that X needs to be bigger. In fact, if everything else is equal, I just need my X to be bigger than my opponents' X. Of course, weird things could happen. Weird things like $100NL being harder to beat than $600NL because you end up with tight regulars at $100NL and rich spewy lags at $600NL. Perhaps the a different way to look at it is to try to find the level you're comfortable playing at and accumulate bankroll, and eventually reach enough of a bankroll to table select higher stakes tables when there's juicy action going on. Really, there are $600NL tables that are easier than some of the $100NL tables I'm currently playing. I can't join them because my bankroll isn't enough for it. But if I had $30K in my bankroll, there's nothing stopping me from sitting in when I notice poor players. I don't think anyone misunderstood the post, but I still feel that I want to stress that this - the opening post - is a theoretical that disregards so many variables that in effect, it may be worthless. It doesn't take into account the games getting tougher or easier, or game selection, or the possibility that even if I only have four hours a week to spend on poker this could theoretically be enough to make me good enough to beat $10/$20 NL if I use the time wisely and efficiently, etc. But I do think it's an interesting way to think about poker, because in practise, we WILL hit a plateau. And when that happens, it's good to be prepared for it and not move up just because we think we can afford it. Be happy with what you got, and all that. Oh, and Rex is likely right about thinking ourselves into inaction. This is why beer is imperative. :) [/QUOTE]

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