| This is a discussion on Ring game buyins within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; I havn't seen a thread regarding this so I thought I may aswell start one. I was wondering how much you like to buyin to ... |
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| Ring game buyins I havn't seen a thread regarding this so I thought I may aswell start one. I was wondering how much you like to buyin to ring games; Max, Min or somewhere in between. Personally I like to buyin at around 75% of the max buyin, but I would love to hear the opinions of others. |
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| Acceptable Ring buy ins: - 20-50bb's (aka short) - 100bb's (normal stacked) - 200bb's (deep) Buying in for anything else just puts you in horrible situations. And I've been playing nothing but deep stacked poker for the past couple of months, and I'm not sure I like it all that much. All the rules for 3-bet pots & not folding sets kinda go out the window since there's so much money behind. Totally screws with your game. Theoretically if you had a skill edge on your opponents, you'd want to buy in as deep as possible. |
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Playing with 75BB is just all kinds of bad giving u the worst of both worlds imo. |
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| In both online and live play, I routinely buy-in for 50 BB's. If I'm playing No Limit, I'd rather not risk a larger portion of my bankroll on one hand. If I am playing Limit and I get down to 25 BB's or less, that means the cards are running so bad that I should probably take a break for a while. Playing with 50 BB's allows me to play a short stacked strategy, playing super tight and waiting for good cards. My experience is that super tight play is by far the most profitable strategy for me...so far. |
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| i buy in for the max no matter what that way i can get the most return if i do end up stacking someone the only way that i can see to do anything diff, is if you are trying to shortstack and hit and run, since you are out of your br (i cant stand doing this, esp since the regs will pick you off over and over) max buyin for me - if i cant afford it i would drop a level where i could |
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Check Harrington on Cash Games. He argues that buying in short and playing tight is a very viable strategy. And, when in a multi-way pot, a potential advantage. |
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| If you don't feel comfortable buying in for the max then you shouldn't be playing whatever the limit is. I always thought of the short stacks having a losing strategy buying in for 20 bbs I just don't get how that can be profitable, and I don't think it's very good poker that "shove" strategy. You'll make the most money buying in for the max and taking full stacks from your opponents. |
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| When I have the br I always start out deep stacked because I am an optimist and assume that will maximize my return when I get the nuts and am up against an equal or greater stack. Many times it works out that way but I have also found many times it does not and I get busted either from a bad beat or my own lapse in discipline or correct analysis. I listened to Barry Greenstein state on a poker radio show that he sees great value in starting with the short stack buyin unless he knows he is a much better player then everyone else at the table. |
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