What am I doing wrong?

[Serialkill37]

Whenever I play for small to medium stakes in cash games, I usually end up in profit but after several days of winnings, I enter into bigger stakes and ALWAYS end up falling into a trap and busting out? Anyone got any tips for me?

[muttley]

Not enough information. What stakes are you winning at? How many hands have you played at this level?

What stakes are you losing at? How many hands have you played?

Whats your bankroll for both levels?

[Serialkill37]

If I play 50p/ £1 blinds, I'm usually in a profit. If I goto £5/ £10 or more, I usually end up busting out. I'm usually quite tight As well. I'm not reckless. 

[muttley]

If you're winning at 50p/£1 than well done, but you're going to need a big sample to be sure you can be sure you're not just hitting a rich seam of form. I would suggest that you need 100,000 hands minimum to get an idea of your hourly rate.

At £5/£10 you will be facing some very, very good players. Even some of the world's best will be happy to play these tables, so you will need to be confident of your game. Even then, I wouldn't suggest you play at this level unless your bankroll is £50K+ (That means you could lose £50K, shrug your shoulders, and go back to playing 50p/£1).

[andybell666]

I would guess that your tight play is being heavily exploited at the higher stakes...these will be very good players that play various different styles and look to exploit soft spots.  You may be a very good tight player but you need to have a more varied style to win at this level...you will be basically playing too obvious with your tight ranges and this makes you highly exploitable.

[TomWilko]

Agreed, playing higher stakes will typically mean better quality of player. Not always, but it's often the case. If you wanted to play higher stakes, maybe try increasing gradually and learn how to adapt against those better, more experienced players.