double or nothing

so ive decided to do a little mid week post to talk about my live poker experience. so far up till now has been going smoothly and yesterday i was able to win 550$ putting my bankroll for live just over double from what i started with. i started with 4000$ (20 buy ins) and now im sitting at 8250$. i feel really strong about saying im a winning player at 1/2nl live and i feel i can beat that game consistantly. to kinda recap how my winter of live poker has went when i first got to vegas i hit a heater and won 3000$ in a little over 3 weeks. ive never played any signifficant amount of live poker before now so i didnt know if i was running hot or if that was usuall or not. i found out quickly because the next 2 weeks after that i lost 2200$ and felt prettty disheartend. im glad i hit a heater though right when i got here cause if i went on a downswing instead it might have crushed my hopes. i didnt and dont plan on making any significant amount of money while im here its more of a challange and a learning experience. at first i wanted to be able to just break even at the tables and if i left here dead even than it would be fine with me but now that i can see that i can beat these games i try and put a steady amount of volume in usually about 7-8 hours a day. but after my 11 buyin downswing i had a little trouble being motivated to put in a lot of volume and started playing 4-5 hours a day and that really took away from my winrate. i was able to win most of my losses back (even though i was still ahead) and going into febuary i was about 2200$ up for my trip. febuary was really slow and i was breaking even for most of the month. untill the last 3 days of febuary i won 1200$ to end the month on a positive note and after that i had a couple big winning sessions and this past week has been ok as well. so thats how my live bankroll got to where its at now. ive been thinking a bit lately about taking shots in the 2/5 nl game and im pretty sure after i got use to any differences in play, that i could be a winning player in that game as well. to compare the two 1/2nl live is like playing 5nl online and 2/5nl live would be like playing 10nl online. but after rethinking things i would rather be rolled for the limit i want to play in for atleast a couple months instead of trying to take a shot on a weeknd and just have a bad session or get unlucky a couple times and then loose my winnings for the month or somthing so ive decided not to take any shots unless fully rolled for the game which i dont think i will be unles i go on a big heater before i have to leave vegas and win anothe 4k then i might start playing in 2/5nl. its not that big of a deal im fine where im at and im happy with my results so far when i do start working again this summer im going to put my live poker winnings online and start playing 25nl regularly. im pretty sure i am a winning player there as well maybe not as much as 10nl but i feel like id be able to beat that game. but i think that might be the last time i deposit online and i think im just going to try and grind my way up the limits from there. there might be one more time that i deposit. if i really feel like i am crushing 25 nl and think i can beat 50nl decently then i might deposit enough to play 50nl but other than that i dont think i will deposit again and i dont think i will lose my roll either. so im really looking forward to the future and this summer even though i will only play a couple hours a day after work im still excited to play 25nl and start winning decent money. but thats all for now weeble wobbles but we dont fall down kids