taking a shot at $25 NL

I've decided to move up to $25 NL. After I reloaded recently on PokerStars I have enough bankroll now.

I reached my goal at $10 NL to win 5 buyins. It took just under 5000 hands for a winrate of a little over 5 BB/100. Not bad I would say. The sample size isn't particularly large. Still based on my experience there I'm confident I was beating it.

It was actually a bit better than $5 NL which I beat at 3.7 BB/100. Unlike $2 and $5 NL it was less swingy without the big 6 and 8 buyin downswings and crazy heaters. So that was nice, profit with less variance.

I'll start out playing single table for around 500 hands and see how it goes. I'll give it a 3 buyin shot. Hopefully I'll be able to play well and be able stick there and win some. I've always wanted to be able to say I play $25 NL so now I can. This is exciting and a little bit scary. If I can't stick at $25 NL I don't think I'll be going back to $10 NL. I'd rather look for a new game.

Hopefully there will be some good tables at $25 NL. There are just an ocean of $25 NL tables on Stars. And there are some huge multi tablers there playing 24 tables. Still by the law of large numbers with that many tables there must be at least some soft tables. So hopefully I'll be able to find some beatable games among them.

This was the last interesting hand I played at $10 NL. A good sendoff.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (3 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

SB ($10)
BB ($3.95)
Hero (Button) ($11.70)

Preflop: Hero is Button with As, Ac
Hero bets $0.30, 1 fold, BB raises to $3.95 (All-In), Hero calls $3.65

Flop: ($7.95) 3h, Ah, Kc (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($7.95) 4h (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($7.95) 4s (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $7.95 | Rake: $0.35

Results:
Hero had As, Ac (full house, Aces over fours).
BB had 9c, 8s (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero won $7.60