Before you do so, however, you must make sure you are adequately bankrolled for the move. This is not a concern if your bankroll is renewable, but if you fear going broke, you should adhere to certain guidelines. In general, assuming you are a winning player, many experts recommend a bankroll of approximately 300 big bets to remove the risk of going broke.
The better you play compared to your opponents and the smaller the game, the less strict that figure need be. In general, though, for a $2-$4 hold'em game, you should have a bankroll between $600 and $1000 to "weather the storms." Someone with equivalent skills ought to have a bankroll of $12,000 for a $20-$40 game. And for a $50-$100 game, $30,000 to $50,000. And "bankroll" here means money set aside specifically for poker. It does not include the "rent money" or your savings.
Simply having the bankroll to move up does not mean that it is necessarily in your best financial interest to do so. It is probably best not to increase limits until you have become a consistent winner at your current level. One incentive you might choose to provide for yourself is to force yourself to win at your current level the required bankroll for the next highest limit. When you have increased your bankroll to the necessary level, you can step up.
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. Only the big blind calls. There is $90 in the pot and two players. The flop is: J-7
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. Your opponent checks. What do you do?
