50NL

Okay just wanted to know what is the typical bankroll for 25NL/50NL?

Depends on your own BRM. Standard is about 20-25BIs which would be $500 - $625 for 25NL and $1000 - $1250. Generally the higher the limits the more of a 'cushion' you want.

If you're new to either of the stakes, then I'd err on the conservative side: 30+ buy-ins. If, however, you've been crushing these stakes on another site or similar, then 20 buy-ins will probably be safe enough.

ooh right thanks guys!

I like the ladder system Kall. That is a good basis to go on, once you get up to a certain BR, move up to the next limit. Once you lose down to a set point of low BR, get out and move down in limits.

6 buy-ins for any level is not enough. I've dropped that much in a session. I moved to NL50 with 30 buy-ins ($1500).

All you need to concentrate on is when in general joining any game that is a bigger stake money game make sure
a) You buy in for more than 10 x the blind
b) You can afford to lose the money you put in

As said in a earlier post it would be a great idea to play more tighter with more money if you haven't been playing these stake games for long. I would advise doing this anyway because playing aggressive with a small stack will mean you keep buying in with the small amount and eventually this will add up to you losing everything. Remember it all depends on you BR.

RK

Yeah I would abide by the 20buyin minimum rule ... meaning you are not playing at a level unless you had 20 buyins for it. I'm planning to move to 50nl when I have 25 to 30 buyins ...

I feel the only thing keeping me from the bigger games is my bankroll not my skill level. When I make a deposit online I will often drop about 150 on ub, and play $25 SNG's some people call this bad money managment, but my rule of thumb is after I play 4 games I stop, If I am up, I will want to withdraw what I am up. When I play live I will bring up to $1500 and play 500 min 1500 max NL with 5/10 blinds, I play untill I hit 4500 , go broke or play for 8 hrs

philber420 said:

I feel the only thing keeping me from the bigger games is my bankroll not my skill level. When I make a deposit online I will often drop about 150 on Ultimatebet, and play $25 SNG's some people call this bad money managment, but my rule of thumb is after I play 4 games I stop, If I am up, I will want to withdraw what I am up. When I play live I will bring up to $1500 and play 500 min 1500 max NL with 5/10 blinds, I play untill I hit 4500 , go broke or play for 8 hrs

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So it appears to me that you have a large BR to play with and the $150 deposit you make is not the amount to consider when you look a how you manage it. Mostly I see 5% being the most you should risk at any one time and if you have $1500 you can lose then you are really only risking 1-2% on any one game. So I wouldn't look upon that as bad management.

I on the other hand would only have the online deposit to work with and could only play for $5-10.

I think the advice being given is too aggressive, especially if you aren't a proven winner at your stakes. If you are trying to not go broke and make a long term profit, then 40 buy-ins should be the minimum.