How many BI?

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I don't have a lot of experience with cash games, I mostly play sng and have been playing a lot of mtt's as well. I stick to a 50 BI rule for these tournaments. I'm confident enough in my game and I know that 50 is surely enough that I won't be going broke.

I'm a novice at cash games though, and while I'm confident I'll pick it up quite quickly I'd want to allow myself a little extra cushion than usual. Any suggestions on BRM for cash games? I'm not sure what types of swings to expect compared to the tournaments I play.
 
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At least 20, but use whatever makes you comfortable, but not so many that you do not care about the results at all. Since you are just starting cash games, I would recommend playing some short or cap games because they will be more familiar than full or deep stack games. (you will also need a smaller bank roll overall) After you get comfortable, then try the full buy in, uncapped games.
 
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GWU73 said:
At least 20, but use whatever makes you comfortable, but not so many that you do not care about the results at all. Since you are just starting cash games, I would recommend playing some short or cap games because they will be more familiar than full or deep stack games. (you will also need a smaller bank roll overall) After you get comfortable, then try the full buy in, uncapped games.
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Just 20? That's lower than I'd be comfortable with.
 
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I would say 40 bi,depends on how many tables you play.With more tables you play the most bi you need.
 
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It depends what stakes. If you're playing 2NL then can be fine with any and again if 5NL then can be fine with lower number of BIs than normal.
 
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The advice I always give is be aggressive with BRM while you have the financial capability to reload and be more cautious once you reach a limit where the money becomes more important to you.

Having say $200 to play $2nl is a huge waste of money, we need to get out of the lowest games ASAP because the rake hurts our winrates way more the lower and lower we play.
 
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Thanks for all of the replies! I'll probably stay at 50 when I start just to see how things go.
 
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RegiTime said:
The advice I always give is be aggressive with BRM while you have the financial capability to reload and be more cautious once you reach a limit where the money becomes more important to you.

Having say $200 to play $2nl is a huge waste of money, we need to get out of the lowest games ASAP because the rake hurts our winrates way more the lower and lower we play.
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Agreed, this is a good and important point I've said as well many times. Also, you're not just stuck to won limit. If you take a 10 BI hit at the next stake up, move down again. I've used fairly aggressive bankroll management, and in 10, shoot I guess it's almost 11 years now, I've never gone broke and only deposited once. You don't have to be static and dogmatic with your rules. But don't be foolish either.
 
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John A said:
Agreed, this is a good and important point I've said as well many times. Also, you're not just stuck to won limit. If you take a 10 BI hit at the next stake up, move down again. I've used fairly aggressive bankroll management, and in 10, shoot I guess it's almost 11 years now, I've never gone broke and only deposited once. You don't have to be static and dogmatic with your rules. But don't be foolish either.
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Makes sense. The worst I've had is a 50 BI swing in the SNG's before and cash is supposed to be less variance so 50 should be plenty. As I get comfortable I'll probably become a little more flexible..
 
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BRM depends mostly on the players winrate and volume, this should give you a good/solid estimate on how much buy ins would you need in order to get a very low RoR, other factors also matter like chances of reload in case of busto, prone to tilt, are u getting any rakeback benefits, bonus, etc., just play around with this variance calculator to give you a fairly accurate and statistical view of how many BIs/BBs you would need for certain levels/Stakes.

http://pokerdope.com/
 
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PCK said:
I would say 40 bi,depends on how many tables you play.With more tables you play the most bi you

Wrong buddy more tables actually minimizes varience unless u cant handle the amount ur on and then it goes south faster not both ways
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I would also say min 20 BI's but it depends on how many tables you play and it you are more LAG or TAG as LAG will have higher variance
 
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