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Something I was seriously wondering earlier while lying down for a nap. When you make the trip everyday to play poker how many buy-ins do you bring to the poker room? This is a serious dillemma for me. I would love to hear advice and strategy for different amounts. I am mostly talking about NL holdem here but another question would be how many big bets to bring if playing limit holdem.

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Something I was seriously wondering earlier while lying down for a nap. When you make the trip everyday to play poker how many buy-ins do you bring to the poker room? This is a serious dillemma for me. I would love to hear advice and strategy for different amounts. I am mostly talking about NL holdem here but another question would be how many big bets to bring if playing limit holdem.



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3/6 limit has been my game of late, and I've been bringing 3 buy-ins of $100 at a time. I've been running pretty good and have averaged 3 BB per hour. So I haven't had to rebuy for quite a while. But i think 3 rebuys would be a good number for whatever game you chose to play.

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I bring 2.5 buy ins. I have a tilt problem so if I bring more I open myself up to huge losses.

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3 would be standard. If you are playing a looser low stake NL game where preflop raises are larger, such as casino 1/2 NL, 4 seems good.

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I only bring 30 BB (rounded up to the nearest hundred). I refuse to lose more than that on any given day at te Canterbury.

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Something I was seriously wondering earlier while lying down for a nap. When you make the trip everyday to play poker how many buy-ins do you bring to the poker room? This is a serious dillemma for me. I would love to hear advice and strategy for different amounts. I am mostly talking about NL holdem here but another question would be how many big bets to bring if playing limit holdem.



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3/6 limit has been my game of late, and I've been bringing 3 buy-ins of $100 at a time. I've been running pretty good and have averaged 3 BB per hour. So I haven't had to rebuy for quite a while. But i think 3 rebuys would be a good number for whatever game you chose to play.

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Sounds good. I think if you lose 3 buy-ins at 3-6 it's probably not your day and go home. I guess my question is more focused on NL. For example, I play mostly 2-5 NL and always buy in full. Say I get Aces cracked all-in pre-flop the first hand. Than lose another buy-in with set over set 20 minutes later. I as a beginner in this full time poker job am curious as to how the more experienced players would handle the situation. Do you bring many buy-ins and stay to play or do you pack up and call it a day?

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3 buy-ins usually work in No-limit until the situation you described comes up. So really you should have 5 buy-ins or if your not comfortable, than only bring what your capable of playing without going on tilt. For a lot of people that is 3 buy-ins.


Of course real gamblers chase their losses [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Generally I find 3 buy-ins is best for me as losing more makes me more likely to go on tilt. That being said its all about variance and if you know this you should bring 5 or more buy-ins for the rare case you lose that many due to bad luck.

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I guess my question is more focused on NL. For example, I play mostly 2-5 NL and always buy in full. Say I get Aces cracked all-in pre-flop the first hand. Than lose another buy-in with set over set 20 minutes later. I as a beginner in this full time poker job am curious as to how the more experienced players would handle the situation. Do you bring many buy-ins and stay to play or do you pack up and call it a day?

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Well it may not be exactly what you are looking, but maybe you will be able to glean something of value from it...

I have to travel to play NL in a casino. I generally will make it a three day weekend when I do it.

I play uncapped games pretty much exclusively. I generally buy-in for 500BB unless there is a reason to do otherwise, like a fish I want to cover, or a shark infested must move table I need to play in order to get to the better game and I will buy in for less than my normal.

For my three day weekend, which actually only works out to two sessions (Friday and Saturday) I will typically bring 2500BB to 5000BB with me.

This has all but two times been more than enough. And those two times are bad beats against whales when I bought in for more than normal to try and cover and/or maximize my potential winnings if I could not cover them. As general rule, if I did not gain an extra sense of comfort/security from the deep cash available to me, I could get by with 1000BB to 1500BB. But I have learned that I simply play better knowing I have a lot more behind if I want it.

BTW, I do not consider myself a "pro" by any definition of the term... So take my $0.02 for what its worth.

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BTW II... I stay in the game as long as it is good and I am playing correctly. However, IME it takes a very strong mind to not start playing badly or at the very least not as well when you run badly a couple of times. This is another reason I like to bring so much when I play, I can take a couple of beats, and still be able to play in a good game.

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I think the first reply put it well. You want to bring enough to give you enough play in case you get stacked, but you really want to protect yourself from the tilt loss phenom that can kick in after a couple of big bad beats.

So... you have to ask yourself what your limits are and how aware can you be of them at the table. If you are prone to "I'm going to get him back this time".. trend towards fewer buy-ins.

Personally, I bring 3-4 (for a 30 hour multi-day "session). But I also tend to take out markers, so....take that for what it's worth.

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$3k for 2/5 $1k max buyin (3 full buyins).