re: Poker & When dealing with a big bankroll.
If your bankroll can sustain your games comfortably, you should feel comfortable in those games. Sure you're tossing money around, but you need to be focused on playing on the game, not the financial impact it will have if you have a bad session (or a few). Also, the skill gap from limit to limit can increase substantially so your bankroll may need to be larger to compensate for this until you are comfortably beating games within that limit. There's a reason other players are playing those limits, so you want to be mindful of that going in. I've played every limit from 2NL to 1000NL and I can tell you someone who consistently winning player at 200NL likely has somewhere between $10-20K in the bank, so a few buy-ins aren't gonna be big deal to them, but if it is to you, consider playing at lower limits where you feel more relaxed in the games. Otherwise you're just gambling, and I can tell you firsthand it's thrilling when you win massive pots, but maaaaaan when luck swings the other way and you lose more money than most people make in a month and you aren't bankrolled for that level of play, it SUCKS. Better to play within reasonable limits and be able to KEEP playing even when you run bad, rather than losing big and feeling frustrated, panicked, and desperate afterwards,
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