How much do you bring to a table ?

#2 17th September 2005, 7:26 PM

in Limit your chip stack is not a Prime consideration. Just make sure you start with at least 30 bets or so, you can add a bit if you lose a hand. On NL tables you should bring as close to the max buyin as you can.

#3 17th September 2005, 10:31 PM

Generallyin limit games, you want to start with 25 big bets...

In NL games, usually you should buy-in for 100x the BB or the maximum (which is usually 100BB at a table...)

#4 18th September 2005, 1:11 AM

i like the idea that you should bring enough to the table to be comfortable. meaning if you loose a hand or a streak you shouldn't feal like you've lost anything important. you were not talking about this... and i know, im not done yet, the otherend is if you feel you are not winning justifiable money for your stack then you are not winning anything important to you and inflict the same mistakes

#5 18th September 2005, 2:40 AM

A common rule of thumb is that you should be playing with 50% to 100% of the max buy in. You want to be able to cover most bets at the table and not be seen as an easy mark to the larger stacks. You shouldn't generally be playing with more than 20% to 25% of your bankroll.

Bankroll $1-$50 = $.05/$.10 NL with $5-$10
Bankroll $50-$125= $.10/$.25 NL with $12-$25
Bankroll $100-$250= $.25/$.50 NL with $25-$50
Bankroll $200-$500= $.50/$1 NL with $50-$100
Bankroll $400-$1000= $1/$2 NL with $100-$200

#6 19th September 2005, 5:33 PM

I almost always play limit and I generally bring between 30 and 50 times the BB. About the only NL I play is occasionally I'll sit at a .05/.10 or .10/.25 table with $10 bucks or so. Just not comfortable throwing all my bankroll in on a single hand. Yes, I know the adage of no risk/no reward, but I'm not playing for my livelihood...

#7 19th September 2005, 6:13 PM

NL or PL you should always buy-in for the maximum, there is no reason not to.

If you cannot afford this then you are playing at stakes far too high for your bankroll.

Although i should say that one of my favourite quirks of online play is always being left with spare money on sites i no longer want to play on. When this happens i take my money to the micro-limit NL tables and attempt to double up enough times to reach $25 so that i can cash out.

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