Yo HG.Â I don't have any experience in cash games above $30/$60, but the thing I've found most hard to deal with are the swings.Â If you have a bad session, you have to try really really hard to resist the urge to play until you win it back.Â I know that you know that poker is one long game, but sometimes if you have a bad night in a fairly high-stakes game, you'll dread the feeling of going to sleep knowing that you lost.Â Don't.Â You just have to accept the losses, and try again another day.Â

Beating the games consistently makes this a lot easier to do.Â I'm sure you'll do great.

As for online, I used to hate people who would hit and run.Â Now, I don't hate them, and I do it myself, all the time.Â If I "sit down" at a $30/$60 game and win a couple of pots right off the bat, I'll leave and take my newly-found 1K with me, unless the game is particularly good.Â If it's average, or tougher than average, I'll just split, and go watch a movie or something.Â I hate losing, I really do, so I do everything in my power not to lose.

I'm glad that you've spent a lot of time watching the bigger games.Â That will help you, and you should watch for particular players who are 'regulars' and make good notes on them.Â If they're good (which they probably are, if they're regulars) you should avoid playing at a table with more than two or three of them.

If your shorthanded game is strong, that's probably where you'll make the most money.Â Not many people can play good shorthanded limit poker, so if you can, you will probably clean up.Â If you have even just one "live one" at a shorthanded table, that player's money will be split between four or five of you, as opposed to eight or nine of you at a full table.

If you care about the money you're playing for too much, you'll lose.Â I'm not sure exactly how high you're planning on playing.Â At some point, every player who has a winning track record has to move up in levels.Â It's evolutionary.Â Just be careful you don't move up too high, too fast, because the feeling of being in over your head is not a pleasant one, and it will bleed off your chips.

Like I said, I think you'll do great.Â Just try really really hard to win, and don't fuck up.Â ;)Â Good luck dude.