| This is a discussion on Shallow stack or full? within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; Hey guys, I'm trying to build a bankroll from virtually nothing since it's been shown before to be possible. I had about 12 dollars before, ... |
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| Shallow stack or full? Hey guys, I'm trying to build a bankroll from virtually nothing since it's been shown before to be possible. I had about 12 dollars before, got up to 19 and tilted it all away. I then received 2.25 in rakeback and took it up to 3.24 so that's where I am now. I've been playing a lot of freerolls and some play chips (for the 500k PC free roll). However I want to know should I play 1 cent 2 cent by buying in with half a stack or full stack in a normal 2NL game. Or play in a shallow stack (max buy in 80 cent) ring game. From what I have seen the play at the shallow stack tables is very poor, most people are either super super tight or super super loose and profiling a person seems easy. However I'm not sure if maybe I should still play in the 2NL instead, thanks for the help. |
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| 3.25 $ isn't enough for any sort of BRM...So yeah go on the shallow tables with all or half of your bankroll and play your best poker and try to double-up each time you have the nuts. Either you keep winning and avoiding bad beats until you get to 15$ and start envisionning the prospect of a future bankroll from nothing (Which would be great !). Or you lose early on and avoid a troublesome part of playing for pennies with a BRM simulation--> least pain possible. Alternatively I always advise depositing 30$ to 50$ and trying out BRM on the 0.05 tables cuz u at least have a chance of playing some sort of identifiable poker that u wont find on the 0.02 tables. Gd luck m8 ! |
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The SNG path is better if you wont deposit, but if you're protective of your tiny bankroll then you really need to do some study away from the table, get a solid strategy down (the guys in the tournament section of this forum can help you a lot with this)... and hope bad variance doesn't get you. FWIW, I like the starting at the micro's approach to cash games, just not the playing under-rolled approach. Freerolls are actually fun for the first 2-3 of them, the next few dozen.. not so much. Depositing is easier, faster and more profitable. |
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| Oh and... the half stack full stack thing, regardless of bankroll just don't buy in for less than 100bb, ever. Buying in short means you need to play a higher variance style to stay profitable and it's not going to reduce your variance overall, just your winrate. |
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| re: Shallow stack or full? poker Perhaps the shallow stack play is the difference then because I see people call down every bet to the river with bottom pair and no draw. The problem seems to be a personal fault though. I keep forgetting when I get a good hand to just value bet it instead of trying to play it "smart" and to fold any hand where I don't hit or get a good draw for a good price on the flop. I'm guessing this a problem many new players have though. Am ii correct? |
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| Yup, but the more you play the more you'll learn I deposited $200 at first and started out at $2NL - I wasn't a great player but I wasn't bad enough to lose 100BIs so it was almost like it was still in the bank. I played 25k hands at 2NL and after making a decent profit and learning a lot I've just moved up to 5NL. The benefit of deposting a decent, but not huge amount of money, is I'm bankrolled all the way up to 10NL without really having to worry about it too much |
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