Thinker_145
Visionary
Silver Level
I have been a tournament player for a long time but just started taking cash games more seriously. I bought in with minimum buy in but I immediately realised the serious disadvantage in doing this that its so tough to bluff the big stacks so I moved up to 50% of the maximum buy in.
I still dont like it because of situations like this. I give someone a bad beat and double up, next I get a bad beat and lose everything because the other player was a big stack and had me covered. If I had bought the maximum buy in then I would atleast retain my initial buy in unless I get beat by someone who was already a big winner on the table. Being a big stack I could also take more risks against the smaller stacks and be cautious with those who have me covered. Even with 50% buy in most of the table has me covered.
Now ofcourse one could just get up after doubling up as many seem to do but I dont like the idea of that at all. You just deprive yourself of having a seriously good session.
So am I right in thinking that I should play those tables where I can comfortably afford the maximum buy in and that maximum buy in is the most preferred thing among you guys?
One last thing. The site I am playing on has a maximum buy in of $5 on the $0.02/0.04 tables which are the lowest stakes available. How much bankroll would you suggest I have to start playing that table with $5 buy in? $50 or $100?
I still dont like it because of situations like this. I give someone a bad beat and double up, next I get a bad beat and lose everything because the other player was a big stack and had me covered. If I had bought the maximum buy in then I would atleast retain my initial buy in unless I get beat by someone who was already a big winner on the table. Being a big stack I could also take more risks against the smaller stacks and be cautious with those who have me covered. Even with 50% buy in most of the table has me covered.
Now ofcourse one could just get up after doubling up as many seem to do but I dont like the idea of that at all. You just deprive yourself of having a seriously good session.
So am I right in thinking that I should play those tables where I can comfortably afford the maximum buy in and that maximum buy in is the most preferred thing among you guys?
One last thing. The site I am playing on has a maximum buy in of $5 on the $0.02/0.04 tables which are the lowest stakes available. How much bankroll would you suggest I have to start playing that table with $5 buy in? $50 or $100?