And i was gonna evolve him soon . Oh well , nvm . <| sep |> Honestly if you want to get to know the characters better , please read the fan books with the profiles and such . <| sep |> I was in a similar boat as you . Been playing 5 NL for a while now and I am profitable but really not much . For me , the cash at 5 NL just didn ' t mean enough for me to take it seriously . I would call down at the river when I really knew I shouldn ' t , but hey , it ' s just $ 5 and I wanna see what this guy has . A couple of days ago I took a shot at 10 NL and was more profitable . I wasn ' t calling down so much , and they were respecting my raises more . Yesterday I decided to step it up again . I decided to take a shot at 1 table of 50 NL and 1 table of 25 NL . It was terrible BR management , but I knew that I understood the game enough to not get crushed on skill alone . I had a BR of around $ 500 and I was happy to lose $ 75 if it came to it . I ended yesterday $ 175 , and I ' ve started with the same tables again today and 45 mins in I am $ 42 with no significant rungood . I wouldn ' t reccomend it though , but if you find that you are getting stale at 5 NL , don ' t be scared to take a shot .