B&M bankroll questions

[chicagoY]

All true of the 1/2 I play in Chicago. Excellent analysis.

[chicagoY]

It depends on how wild it is. The one (outstanding) pro I know at my place says 10,000 for 1/2 and he's never down much.

[br.bm]

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I have been playing B&M for 3 years and for the first year I played $100 & $200 NL with my biggest downswing being $1,500, I have played the $500 ($5-$10) NL for two and a half years with $5,000 being the biggest down swing.

I would still recommend a bank roll of at least 20 BI's and 25 - 30 BI's to be more conservative. It is psychologically better for me to play if I know a terrible down swing will not put a significant dent in my bank roll. I can play optimally without worrying about being felted.

I believe that your poker money should be completely seperate.

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[SMACK BOOTY]

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the cardrooms within driving distance of here put a $100 max on the 1/2 games and it sucks. the games are really juicy but getting over the 50BB hump can be tough when you first sit.


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You must live near chicago like chicago Y and myself. 50 BB max buyin is the absolute worst.

[chicagoY]

yeah, mine is 100 max

[Albert Moulton]

You should have at least 10 times your buy-in, assuming that you will play tight, aggressive poker instead of trying to out-lag the lags, or bluff out the calling stations, both of which you will find in greater quantities at a live game than on-line. For LAG play you will need much more to cover the swings.

If you plan to buy-in for the full $300 every time, then try to keep at least $3000 at the casino in a player's account. That way you don't need to lug large sums of money to and from your car every night you play cards.

If a player's account is unavailable, and/or if you don't quite have a full 10 buy-ins for a bankroll, another option would be to take 3 buy-ins with you every session (~$900). Then, if you bust out twice, leave with at least $300. I suppose this is something of an artificial loss limit, but before I opened my player's account and built up a proper bankroll, I would use this technique. I think this approach helps to exercise some self-discipline when you lose because when you bust out twice and still leave with $300 in your pocket, you are leaving because you "want to" rather than you "have to." I make a point of never, ever going completely "broke" in a single session. I always leave with money in my pocket (or account).

Obviously a bigger bankroll up to $20 buy-ins would be nice.

As to your question, "is a ~$2500 BR ok to start with?" I'd say that it's a little shorter than I'd recommend, but should be fine as long as you play TAG.

[ranka]

Nice post Albert. It gave to me new good ideas.