The Buy In.. What amount?

[Breezy222]

In my opinion it really depends on what style you are attempting to play. Like for instance the Short Stack Strategy is the minimum buy in.

 

[Arjonius]

article was written by Barry Tanenbum and it was a 6 part (I think) series on the topic of how to begin a session..
but what you wrote below you know most of the players.. thisarticle is when you sit at the table and you dont know anyone.. Then are you sit and see how they play you can buy more chips. So I would say this doesnt peertain to you as you know the players at your level or where you play at.

I haven't played live at many casinos, so I'll limit my observations to online. If your record shows you're solidly +EV at a given buyin level, it's likely that you're +EV at the same level at tables where you don't know the other players, no matter what sites those tables are on.

I'm not saying the level of competition is exactly the same on all sites. It's not. But I've yet to find any site where the difference is enough to turn a solid winner elsewhere into a loser there.

 

[detourglr]

I haven't played live at many casinos, so I'll limit my observations to online. If your record shows you're solidly +EV at a given buyin level, it's likely that you're +EV at the same level at tables where you don't know the other players, no matter what sites those tables are on.

I'm not saying the level of competition is exactly the same on all sites. It's not. But I've yet to find any site where the difference is enough to turn a solid winner elsewhere into a loser there.

I would agree with you there.. I still consider myself an amateur.. I make a profit however nothing I can live off of.. I still need to learn a lot. However most of the time at the casino.. I am not the worse player at the table, but I am not the best player either.
Online... this is a hard one. I am usually at the lowest limits of the online poker room. But the games vary so much and action is so fast and players go in and out so much. I am not sure where I stand. on average I say I make about 5X the BB on the lowest game. Move up one step an I have trouble making a profit.

 

[rhombus]

The better you are the more you buy in for.
Alternatively if you are a good shortstacker maybe better EV to buy for minimum and exploit players who dont understand.

As for people who min buy in ruining the game thats bs, it just restricts the aggressive full stackers. E.g in a soccer/football game teams have different styles to suit their strenghths. You have aggressive teams and defensive teams

Maybe from a viewers point of view its not good if a team plays very defensive and stifles the freeflowing attacking team but why should the defensive team change their style just to make it easier for the attacking team.

 

[detourglr]

have to agree with you there.. A lto of players dont know how to play against a short stack. They more eager to call. it is like they seem you are more desperate becuase you dont have that much in front of you. Seen some stupid calls and they always say "I thought you would go all in on anything so I call you with my 2-7 offsuit"

The better you are the more you buy in for.
Alternatively if you are a good shortstacker maybe better EV to buy for minimum and exploit players who dont understand.

As for people who min buy in ruining the game thats bs, it just restricts the aggressive full stackers. E.g in a soccer/football game teams have different styles to suit their strenghths. You have aggressive teams and defensive teams

Maybe from a viewers point of view its not good if a team plays very defensive and stifles the freeflowing attacking team but why should the defensive team change their style just to make it easier for the attacking team.

 

[Jblocher1]

I always buy in for the maximum, I feel like it gives me a slight edge at the table being greater stacked

 

[Chips4Buds]

Always buy in for 100 bb and make sure you have at least 20 full buy ins for the stakes you are playing at. If you have not, go look up bank roll management. It will help you a lot so you don't go broke in the near future.

 

[Bubbles]

If your a good player, you should always buy in for the max. More money in fornt of you means more money to win. If you are bad it doenst matter.

Playing a short stack does have its advantages however. You are less likely rto get bluffed since opponents will have less fold equity if you have few chips behind. Although fish wont py attention to this.

You also make decisions much easier since alot of times, you will eb going all in since our stack is small relative to the pot. Basically our SPR is always low so going all in is a far more common occurence.

Lastly its good for BR amnagement if you are working on smaller than normal BR. Or when your running bad its ok to limit losses by only buying in for half or so.

But I hate playing shortstacks so I cant recommend it.