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07-21-05, 06:20 PM
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Great News
Well maybe just for me, but I am excited to tell you all that i have finally.......
learned to play poker WITHIN MY BANKROLL!!! YAY! It's so much less stressful, I'm consistently winning, and making cashouts on Poker Stars about once a week. One question tho - When can i safely move up to the next blinds and tourny buy in's ? I have a good idea of when i would feel comfortable doing this, but is there any good rule to go by? |
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07-21-05, 06:50 PM
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How much money do you have?
What limits do you play? Limit or No Limit? Full Table, or 6-Max? Etc etc etc. Before anyone can help you, we need more information.
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07-21-05, 09:15 PM
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eh, it's more like 300BB Gordogg. 200 is definitely not excessive and 100 is definitely not enough.
I dropped 120 BB the first couple weeks of the month at my limit. You can drop 100 in 2 or 3 days if you do it right  .This is 3/6 limit, 6-max BTW. I'd lean closer to 400 or 450 BB for 6-max.
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#7
07-21-05, 09:52 PM
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100 BB is the absolute minimum to take a (possibly brief) shot at a higher limit, but 300 is the rule of thumb.
BTW, BB here refers to "Big Bets" - not "Big Blinds." So, to play $2/$4 limit, for example, you should have a $1200 bankroll (300 * $4). |
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#8
07-21-05, 09:55 PM
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I think it depends on what type of "fish" you're talking about. The weak tight ones, you don't have to worry about much. But if you get into a juicy game with one or two maniacs, get ready for some variance.
I'm with pshabi for six max limit games. 300 is definately the lowest amount I'd take to a limit game. You usually post NL hands though, and I don't know much about that, but 20-30 buy ins is what i remember reading. This is talking longterm bankroll mangement/second income though; if you're playing with more expendable money you can obviously have much more leeway. |
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07-22-05, 11:42 PM
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My question was quite relevant to the original poster...
He states he has finally....... learned to play poker WITHIN HIS BANKROLL!!! How would he know if this is true? Good guidelines: Limit 300BB No limit 10-20 buy-ins (depending on aggression) Successful tourney players will "Cash" 20% of the time (20/100) Of those 20 cashes look for 1 final table on average. Which brings about the question can someone make a living on MTTs alone? Theoretically yes, Realistically Probably not. A proper MTT bankroll should be in the neighbourhood of 100 times the buy-in. Eg. you want to play $5+.50 MTTs Have $550 set aside for it. Do people follow this logic? Not often. But there you have it. As for winning $2 an hour I agree, Complete waste of time. Pick up nothing but bad habits at the penny tables. Play Freerolls, as much as possible. And or play small buy-in SNGs. After the first half hour or so most of the maniacs are out and you can play "somewhat" realistic poker for free. After all that, I still want to know how he is so sure he is playing within his bankroll finally ( and for how long) if he is unsure of what "playing within" his bankroll even means. 
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#10
07-22-05, 11:54 PM
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WOW, chipfish, can u overanalyze the situation anymore ?
Sorry i ever posted i was playing within my bankroll, I didn't mean it by any numbers or mathmatical formula, i mean i am playing where i FEEL COMFORTABLE. where i am okay with losing as much as i sit with. THAT-alone- is all i need to do to feel WITHIN MY BANKROLL. Also, you said "Good MTT players look to hit the final table 1/100 times"? I really doubt it. That's a VERY weak goal to shoot for. |
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#11
07-23-05, 12:03 AM
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Obviously it depends on the size of the field. Let's take an average field of 1000 entries though and say 10 people make the final table. 10/1000 = 1%. I would think a good player could do more than that... maybe 2%. But again, it really depends on the size of the fields.
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