Should you play tighter on a limited bankroll?

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I think Yes!!! Well unless the bankroll is so small that it isn't worth protecting. You need to sacrifice some of the aggressive but risky profit you'd make with daring bets, raises, and calls. Survival becomes the more important factor with a limited bankroll. So, you should play tighter.
 
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You will never improve if you let your bankroll dictate how you play. Never join a poker game if you can't afford to lose the buy-in. If you have to worry about the money you can't keep your mind on the game!!! When I have a small bankroll play a bunch of sit-n-gos to build it up a little.:D:D
 
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You will never improve if you let your bankroll dictate how you play. Never join a poker game if you can't afford to lose the buy-in. If you have to worry about the money you can't keep your mind on the game!!! When I have a small bankroll play a bunch of sit-n-gos to build it up a little.:D:D
+1 Got to play care-free,,,,like your playing for a penny.;)
 
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That is why you play in games that don't affect your BR so you can play your game without worry.

50-100 buyins for MTT
25-50 buyins for cash games.


The more buyins you have the less stress on your play at the table.
 
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If you respect you bankroll management and you don't play on higer stakes i dont think you have to play tighter.
 
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I think Yes!!! Well unless the bankroll is so small that it isn't worth protecting. You need to sacrifice some of the aggressive but risky profit you'd make with daring bets, raises, and calls. Survival becomes the more important factor with a limited bankroll. So, you should play tighter.

If you follow the basic rules of BRM, you won't be needing to play tighter, that's the initial idea or BRM, to be able to survive a potential downswing and to be able to play your A game, without fear you will go broke. So i would suggest, lower bankroll - lower limits and you'll be fine ;)
 
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If you follow the basic rules of BRM, you won't be needing to play tighter, that's the initial idea or BRM, to be able to survive a potential downswing and to be able to play your A game, without fear you will go broke. So i would suggest, lower bankroll - lower limits and you'll be fine ;)

I couldn't agree more - your limits should be determined by your bankroll, but your play should not.

https://www.cardschat.com/poker-bankroll-management.php
 
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I think Yes!!! Well unless the bankroll is so small that it isn't worth protecting. You need to sacrifice some of the aggressive but risky profit you'd make with daring bets, raises, and calls. Survival becomes the more important factor with a limited bankroll. So, you should play tighter.
Sounds like a good plan, did something recently happen that made you write this post?
 
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All this time I played freerolls for $ 10, and managed to win more than $ 50. Given that the prize places are only 10, and for the first place give 2.50 $, I do not want to spend this $ 50. But I occasionally play for money. I continue to increase the my bank.
 
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You have to follow proper bankroll management, thats key for your progress in online and live poker.
 
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I think if you have a small bank then you should expect a good map and try to do aggression.
 
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With a limited bankroll you must be tight on choosing the kinds of poker games. When the game starts you must be determined and play your game focused!
 
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This is the big problem. People play stakes way over they should play based on their bankroll and play too tight. Play stakes where you feel comfortable losing your buy in and not be in huge loss, but where you can play your game.
 
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I think so because if you have a US$10 bankroll and play $1/$2 cash game you will lose you bankroll Very fast always only play 10% of your bankroll and you will not lose much money.
 
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I think it depend of your way of playing and your stake... if you have advantage against your oponents, some edge, you can play like always with a limited bankroll...Even if the bankroll is too limited, because then you really need to risk or down your stakes.
 
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To change your game due to bankroll limitations is never a wise move.

Stay focused on your game, but you will definitely need to lower your range of buy-in's.

To play/tighten-up your game style is self-defeating.

Never a good idea to put down money and play scared.
 
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When I have small bankroll I play lots of freerolls and SnG, and trying with satellites to get into tournaments.
 
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I've lost my bankroll many times, so now I tend to be on the consrvative side. 100-200 buyins for micro/low MTT's and 300-500 for mid/high stakes MTTs (assume that you'll rebuy/re-enter at least once if you register from the start). At least 30 buy-ins for micro cash, 50-100 for mid/high stakes cash. This way you will never be anxious about busting your role and you can focus on playing your best game.
 
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I think you should not drive yourself into a rigid framework, in relation to bankroll. Play with the mind, it's more important
 
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For experience, if you do not play inside your bank, you will lose everything, because when the bad spell or variance moves away from you, there is no player who can twist that luck, you just stop playing for a long time and go back to resume . My advice, play 5% of your bank. .
 
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play tight

i play tight has much has possible.but i also be aggressive so you don't have to many people in the pot.
 
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I think if you have to change your style because of your bankroll you need to switch to a more comfortable limit
 
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Not tighter but just play stakes appropriate for your bankroll.
 
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Lots of good advice in this thread. I probably should listen to it. Gonna check out the BRM thread too.
 
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There are times you want to be super lag/ super tight and somewhere in between. If you do not have those options at your disposal you'll never come in 3rd in the Drunken Donk Thirsty Thursday freeroll like I did last night. lol
 
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