Aballinamion
Sleeping with the Dark Lady of the Sith
Loyaler
Hello there samhough7, welcome to the CardsChat community and thank you for posting your question.
Sorry, but I didn't picture what you've said. Are you asking if you need 1-2 buy-ins to play at the micros?
Please, try to reformulate your question.
Regards;
Carlos 'Aballinamion' Barbosa
Poker_Mike
Legend
Loyaler
You should try both over many sessions and see which one works better for you.
If you buy in for the max then you are prepared to capitalize on hands like AA and KK.
If you buy in for the min it could get you to play tighter and more conservatively.
Good luck !
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PantherRhei
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hi,
I will try to answer your question, sry for my german english
. I've decided last year to become pro to finance my work as an artist and I see poker as an art, i love it.
Anything below 100 BB is a huge mistake (auto rebuy obligatory) because you cant extract maximum value from your monsters. Imagine you get nut full house or quads and you only extract 80 instead of 200 BB from two of your opponents with second nuts, thats a catastrophe. As a pro playing all day and maybe multiple tables you get the nuts often enough. If you know when to fold your second nuts and your opponents dont, you get a huge advantage above them, all in pots is where the money comes from. If you are trying to lower your risks by smallstacking you proove that you arent able to take bigger responsibility - thats not what good great players and good businessmen do. Always force people into huge pots with as huge stack as possible and get your value by waiting for fatal tilty decisions. They will make them. Why?
Cause people HOPE. And they overestimate themselfs, always dreaming of being the best, the king on each board.
Another aspect to mention is that fishes sometimes get lucky and are deepstacked for a while. If you dont cover them you dont profit from their mistakes. Dont change tables, build deepstack and bust lucky fishes, players on tilt or maniacs who dont pay enough attention. You dont need to find them, they will find YOU. Thats it.
Have a nice day
PantherRhei
I will try to answer your question, sry for my german english
. I've decided last year to become pro to finance my work as an artist and I see poker as an art, i love it.Anything below 100 BB is a huge mistake (auto rebuy obligatory) because you cant extract maximum value from your monsters. Imagine you get nut full house or quads and you only extract 80 instead of 200 BB from two of your opponents with second nuts, thats a catastrophe. As a pro playing all day and maybe multiple tables you get the nuts often enough. If you know when to fold your second nuts and your opponents dont, you get a huge advantage above them, all in pots is where the money comes from. If you are trying to lower your risks by smallstacking you proove that you arent able to take bigger responsibility - thats not what good great players and good businessmen do. Always force people into huge pots with as huge stack as possible and get your value by waiting for fatal tilty decisions. They will make them. Why?
Cause people HOPE. And they overestimate themselfs, always dreaming of being the best, the king on each board.
Another aspect to mention is that fishes sometimes get lucky and are deepstacked for a while. If you dont cover them you dont profit from their mistakes. Dont change tables, build deepstack and bust lucky fishes, players on tilt or maniacs who dont pay enough attention. You dont need to find them, they will find YOU. Thats it.
Have a nice day
PantherRhei
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
If you are a winning cash game player, you will always have the highest winrate by buying in as deep as possible. This is because, bigger mistakes can be made with deeper stacks, and since you are better than your average opponent, this will tend to benefit you in the long run.
If however you are a learning player, it can be argued, that it is just the other way around. Maybe it is then better for you to take away some of those difficult spots, because you will make at least as many mistakes in them as your opponents. It depends however also, what is your main priority? It is important to win the most right here or now, or is it more important to maximize your learning?
Finally buying in shorter will decrease variance, which can sometimes be good, if you are taking "shots" at a higher limit. If for instance you see a table in the lobby, which look really juicy, but its outside the limit, you normally play, then why not buy in for minimum and sit a few rounds to see, if it really is as good, as it looked. If not, then maybe no need to risk getting stacked by a tough regular, while you are figuring that out.
If you are talking about live poker, then preflop raise sizes are often huge, and I really would not bother buying in for less than 100BB. If you are not bankrolled to put those 200$ at the table, then play online instead.
If however you are a learning player, it can be argued, that it is just the other way around. Maybe it is then better for you to take away some of those difficult spots, because you will make at least as many mistakes in them as your opponents. It depends however also, what is your main priority? It is important to win the most right here or now, or is it more important to maximize your learning?
Finally buying in shorter will decrease variance, which can sometimes be good, if you are taking "shots" at a higher limit. If for instance you see a table in the lobby, which look really juicy, but its outside the limit, you normally play, then why not buy in for minimum and sit a few rounds to see, if it really is as good, as it looked. If not, then maybe no need to risk getting stacked by a tough regular, while you are figuring that out.
If you are talking about live poker, then preflop raise sizes are often huge, and I really would not bother buying in for less than 100BB. If you are not bankrolled to put those 200$ at the table, then play online instead.
Matt_Burns88
Legend
Loyaler
Having the deepest stack will allow you to make the most of your big hands, but that also means you have the potential to risk more in a single hand.
Playing short stacked often means you can get paid off because the larger stacks will be less afraid of you because they know they're only risking, say 20BB instead of potentially 100+BB.
There are pros and cons to both strategies, I personally prefer being deep stacked, though.
Playing short stacked often means you can get paid off because the larger stacks will be less afraid of you because they know they're only risking, say 20BB instead of potentially 100+BB.
There are pros and cons to both strategies, I personally prefer being deep stacked, though.