Bank Roll Management Question :)

Is the 5% rule per table or at any one time at all tables combined?

How do I stick to the rule with a really small bank roll? Without playing .1/.2 ?

I like to play .5/.10 NL, 4 tables at once. $10 each, so $40 of my $80 bankroll?

What should I be playing with this small of BR that will give me the best chance to learn and win?

Thanks in anvance for any suggestions.

ok well the 5% rule does not state that u have to buy in for the max
it just states that u only put 5% on the table so in ur case that will be 4$
so instead of putting 1/8 of ur roll on the table ur putting 1/20
u can still multitable as long as u dont put more than 4$ on a single table

i used to buy in for 6, but everyone says im missing out for not buying in for the max.

You wrote in part: "give me the best chance to learn and win?"

'learn' is one thought. 'win' is the other. Missing thought is - 'lose'.

No one wants to, but it happens. If you lost on all 4 tables, you're down 50% of your BR, bang. That's why they limit it to 5%.

'learn' - I have to ask what we learn multi-tabling beyond our BR? Some do it well, but I find it difficult to learn anything but 'hard lessons' trying to manage 4 tables AND learn something valuable.

If the BR is small, stay with small stakes. If you can win there, the BR will increase and allow you to move up. Sure, it's more money and quicker return at .05/.10 higher stakes. So is $.25/.50, $1/2, etc. It's also quicker losses that can really hurt.

5% is tried and true. All higher bets are at your own risk ...

From what I understand, multi-tabling is irrelevant. You're playing more hands in the same amount of time, not higher stakes. I understand you may not want to have your whole BR on all the tables, but for example I 12-tabled 25nl and after about 100k hands I never once got stacked more than twice in a session, and even that was only once. If you tilt easily, you also should be way more conservative in your multi-table bankroll management, but if you can control your tilt, 12-tabling for an hour is like 1-tabling for 12 hours, only you only have to play for 1 hour, and of course your play will suffer considering you have to play them all at once. But bankroll-wise, I don't think multi-tabling should matter unless you're prone to tilt in which case having half your BR in play is a huge mistake.

Yeah the swings in my BR kill me. I play 4 tables because i get bored with only one and end up playing crap hands.

Read the article on Full Tilt by Chris Ferguson, Pro Tips #100. I think it's called starting from zero.

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