BR Management and You (NLTRN)

[ChicagoRy]

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Hmm its very strange for me to hear ppl saying that you can have too big a bankroll for the level that just seems silly to me. If you are playing professionally I dont you ever want to be in a spot where dropping 20% of your bankroll is an expected event. And if you play a lot of HU sngs I guarantee this will happen to you sometime in your next 10k matches. But I will modify my opinion, I dont think you necessarily need 100 buyins for the level your at (although I can in no way see this hurting you) but I think you need 100 buyins for the lowest level you can make your living at.

I think a lot of the advice is very impatient in this thread, think about your long term plans is spending another month at a lower limit really that bad? I plan on being here for another 5 years at least, a month is a drop in the bucket however if you play too aggressively for your bankroll and psychological comfort you could easily cost yourself several months in the time it costs to rebuild and in the long run that could add up to tens of thousands of dollars. Goal number one is to always protect your bankroll, after that, then you can worry about trying to make the most money.

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It's not that it is bad to have 100 buyins, but if you are a 63% winner at say the 55s, there is no reason not to move up to the 110s with 40 buyins, even less. You should not be playing 55s with 5k if you are winning 63% of your games IMO because you are losing so much money by not moving up to 110s where your winrate should be 60%.

The variance of that winrate should not be major at all.

Losing 20% should be a relatively rare thing for a winner of that caliber, so rare in fact that a professional player with a winrate that high should probably be able to overlook it or by the end of this downswing should have gained the mental capacity to stand the swings.

HUSNG is the lowest for of variance in NL (I believe). I would even go as far to say most internet pros in other forms of NL have moved up a lot more aggressively, probably even closer in line with Dboy's BR guidelines than mine. This is comparatively speaking of course, as most internet pros did not make their bread and butter through HUSNG.

Just some thoughts of mine on br management, it's not bad to be conservative, it is certainly better to be too conservative than too aggressive, but I think having a good balance of being able to drop down and building up a tough mental state as you climb the ranks is very important and the most profitable and efficient way to make the most and learn the most for everybody.