ATTENTION: This is a LIMIT Forum, not NL, and this is our NC Thread.

[Gelford]

It is not just about what I am comfortable losing, that is a minor issue ... it is about having an amount that is big enough to give you room to manuever and thus give a good chance of succes, but still be a nice stop loss

Less than 5 buyins it becomes too random, more than 5 buyins and it is no longer aggressive shot taking [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (Aggresive shot taking being playing underrolled in the hopes of running hot and moving up faster)

[kerowo]

Gel, if you are using 300BB as your bank roll management number start taking shots when you get to within 50 or 60BB of the level your taking shots at. Consider the shot a failure if you loose 1 or 2 buyins.

[Gelford]

I am using 500BB as my bankroll management ... so taking a shot once I hit 600BB dropping down when I hit 500BB seems fine ...(and it still should give me room to manuever) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Cool ... thx !

[DrModern]

Todd,

[censored] poker. Quitting is so good for your mental health.

--Ben

[MrWookie]

[ QUOTE ]
Let me refrase my question:

When taking a shot at a higher level in NL 6max usual advice is to take five buyin shots .. you lose five buyins then you move down

What is the equivalent standard shot taking (not short stacking) amount recommended for taking shots in 6max LHE

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It'd be 50-100 BB at the higher limit, if you're doing something like taking a chunk of your roll, setting it aside as lost money, and seeing if you make it at the new level.

[Gelford]

Yep, that is exactly what I am talking about Wookie .... thx again [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[ckmo]

PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, Hero calls, Button calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (13.40 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button caps</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP3 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (12.20 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, Button calls.

River: (18.20 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

gj stars. stick it in deeper please. way to reward QJo for his strategic flop cap

[KingOtter]

I suck at trip reports (I save my better writing for my blog, not here), so here's the quick and dirty:

No 3/6 available at Horseshoe, I'm forced to play 4/8. I'm not as nervous about the money as I thought... bought in for a rack of whites and a row of reds, $200... turns out I didn't need that much. 1st table was a bunch of retirees who liked to call down with 2nd, 3rd pair and wonder why they were losing to flushes, straights, and top pairs. After about 4 hours playing I'm up 15bb and table is rocking up ([censored] sits at 4/8 limit with sunglasses on, and takes like a minute for every decision, and to count 8 chips) so I decide to stand up, eat lunch and call my wife to see if she's coming to get me any time soon. Voicemail.

Eat lunch (didn't ask for comp, cuz I'm a n00b and I didn't want to eat at the table), call wife, voicemail. Sit down again but only buy in for 1 rack. Nice table... 2 chicks, and a hodgepodge of nationalities. Some nice passivity there, but I ruin it by getting a run of decent hands... most of which hit. One hand I think I have a K, with a K on the board so I'm betting out on turn and Indian guy on my immediate left folds 2nd pair face-up. As the pot is being pushed to me I show my hand, Q7s... oops. They start calling me again.

Other than that once I got up $100 I played pretty conservative cuz I didn't want to lose it. Maybe not a good long-run strategy, but fine for me since I have buy a new monitor since the LCD I took with me got big ugly scratches across the face of it. Anyone know how to repair glass scratches?

Final tally: Up 20BBs. Live poker is fun.

[inferno]

fs so I move abit to FT so I can post hands normally and still the converter [censored] up fu converter, asldfj

Full Tilt Poker Game #2520196373: Table Pioche (6 max) - $30/$60 - Limit Hold'em - 9:41:16 ET - 2007/05/27
Seat 1: jacdirty ($805)
Seat 2: DontBluffMePLZZ ($522)
Seat 3: deerchaser21 ($1,792)
Seat 4: Hero ($427)
Seat 5: OG_da_chaser ($2,175)
Seat 6: dan kelly ($1,250)
Hero posts the small blind of $15
OG_da_chaser posts the big blind of $30
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qc Ad]
dan kelly raises to $60
jacdirty folds
DontBluffMePLZZ folds
deerchaser21 calls $60
Hero raises to $90
OG_da_chaser raises to $120
dan kelly calls $60
deerchaser21 calls $60
Hero calls $30
*** FLOP *** [Ah 6c 5d]
Hero bets $30
OG_da_chaser raises to $60
dan kelly calls $60
deerchaser21 calls $60
Hero calls $30
*** TURN *** [Ah 6c 5d] [Kh]
Hero checks
OG_da_chaser bets $60
dan kelly folds
deerchaser21 calls $60
Hero calls $60
*** RIVER *** [Ah 6c 5d Kh] [6d]
Hero checks
OG_da_chaser bets $60
deerchaser21 calls $60
Hero calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OG_da_chaser shows [9s 6h] (three of a kind, Sixes)
deerchaser21 mucks
Hero mucks
OG_da_chaser wins the pot ($1,077) with three of a kind, Sixes
OG_da_chaser adds $600
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,080 | Rake $3
Board: [Ah 6c 5d Kh 6d]
Seat 1: jacdirty didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: DontBluffMePLZZ didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: deerchaser21 (button) mucked [As 8h] - two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 4: Hero (small blind) mucked [Qc Ad] - two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 5: OG_da_chaser (big blind) showed [9s 6h] and won ($1,077) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 6: dan kelly folded on the Turn

[Xhad]

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Umm... however much you're comfortable with losing? I haven't hard of any "standard" for shots, thought there is the 300-500BB bankroll for each level.

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Always having 300BB is for pros and wusses.