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Poker has to be played for stakes that have some meaning to the player. Imagine playing poker for fun with nothing at stake not even your ego. Since winning or losing is meaningless the game itself would become meaningless. Disregarding any potential psychological effect, playing poker without a risk reward motiff would soon cause even the most conservative nit to soon lose interest.

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REGARDLESS how big your bankroll is,

is it the best way to play at the stakes at which you don't care if you lose a big pot or not. AKA at stakes which don't make you tilt because the money doesn't matter?


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Although many may disagree, I believe that, the size of your bankroll is not the ultimate consideration when deciding what limits to play.

If you are a professional player you want to play at a limit that is within your bankroll and affords you the best opportunity to make the most money.

If you are an amatuer player and want to play your best game then you should play at a limit that is also within your bankroll but is also comfortable psychologically. By that I mean that you play at a limit that affords you an opportunity to win an amount of money that is meaningful to you while at the same time a loss would not be devastating to you psychologically or finacially.

If you are Bill Gates then there really is no reason to play poker except for the fun of it.

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