Cash game question.

Just wondering, how often do you reload your chips in a cash game?

Do you wait until you lose it all before you reload? Or do you reload when your stack falls to a certain point?

I noticed I like to reload my chipstack before I lose 50% of it. The 2 main reasons being: a) I want to have a decent chipstack to worth with and b) I want to make sure I get paid when I hit a big hand.

after every blind. Like you said I want maximum value that is if im not shortstacking. Yes there are advantages of it but if im playing a full stack sort of game I will rebuy after every blind.

I try to get a script that will do it for me though. There is one for pokerstars I cant get working and there is fulltiltshortcuts that will do it but I have not purchased it yet but will next week most likely.

^^What storm said, I rebuy any time i drop even .01 below the max buy in.

ditto.

I reload till I make enough money that I don't need to anymore, nice.

I always will reload to make sure I have the maximum amount to get paid off if I have a big hand.

I usually reload when i lose it all, i know this is wrong and i should stop doing it.

Hmm... Lazy.

Reload every time the blinds pass through me, should be standard. Do you know why you should be doing that ?

Reload to max always online, buy-in for more than everyone else at home games.

wow , so many reload after each blind ,probably proper play for reasons stated , but me I'm always playing shortstacked and wait till I lose it all . lol yes I usually double up my last 1.29 with a big hand. I just can't risk so much so often ,there are always those hands I cant fold but do not want to risk everything on. should I reconsider my strategy ?

I love the 25/pl omaha , but they will put you all in on the flop,when highest hand possible is a set,and most of the time they don't even have that. I hate myself when I lose all my money on a draw even with great chances. or bottom or middle set.

I have a $100 br and am always over my 5% limit in any game.

Yes.

uhhhh ok , max amount or stay out ? no long drawn out suggestions please

Either grind $5max (might as well just withdraw, buy a ski-mask and baseball bat and mug people for money), or max out at 10max with only 10x buy-ins (beware of variance). You can also play very low stake SNGs.

If I'm playing PL or NL than I only reload when I'm under 3 BB. Other than that I wait until I lose. It may seem like a really low amount to go down too, but you would be surprised how many times you can come back from a big low stack.

Try it next time, I mean what do you have to lose, 3 BB?

i can definitely see the point of reloading. never thought of loading after the blinds tho that's a good idea to try. i do however win a lot with a low stack that would be more $ with more chips. i will try this strategy.

shorstacking


in order to play shortstack poker conditions have to be meet.

1. you are taking a shot at a higher limit game, what this means is say you normally play $100 NL with a 2k bankroll. Say you get up to 4k but you dont know if you want to move up yet. Then yes you can play shortstack poker to try out the level 1st.

2. You are playing against people that are very very very aggressive. In this case you can play the shortstack and wait for good chances to shove in. You can only do this if you know they are aggressive players, with a short stack you are not looking to play postflop poker. You are looking to re-steal pots or race. You can not do this at $10NL.

Very good information here. I really have never thought about reloading at all. Makes total sense and I bet this will really help in my game. I always like to know where I am at money wise (how much I have lost and won, and if you keep reloading you dont really have a true clue of how much up or down you are). I guess PT takes care of this though

-MavsFan

Whenever I'm going to fold a hand and surrendering the pot takes me below the max buy-in, I always pause and reload before folding.

Rebuying after every blind is a good idea and I recently started doing that.

I like this more than waiting for my stack to drop to a certain percentage.

I agree You must have the $$$$ to double up. If your short stacked and hit the big one its worth very little.

Yep, I'll reiterate...I load up any time I happen to be below the max buy-in for the table.