How much to buy-in for

[You're No Daisy]

I play online at the following limits for Stud HI and Stud/8:

A) $0.10/$0.25 (5 cent bring-in, 2 cent ante for stud HI, 1 cent ante for stud/8

B) $0.25/$0.50 (10 cent bring-in, 5 cent ante)

I usually bring 20-25 big bets to the table. Is this about correct?

AC

[xxeximusxx]

I usually buy in for 10 BB, but i am a nit. Anything between 20 and 30 is standard.

[2461Badugi]

You should have at least 16 big bets at all times for razz and hi/lo and 18 for high. Beyond that hardly matters.

[RubbishCards]

I usually buy in for 30-40 in hi/lo, i.e. enough to guarantee I have at least 16 at all times, and I won't drop below 16 and have the hassle of reloading if I lose a couple of biggish pots. 40 is probably overkill, but it's easy to just double the default 20BB buyin that Stars offers you when you start.

[You're No Daisy]

I see many of us buying in for at least 20BB, some buy-in for 25BB or between 30-40BB (is this necessary at the micro-limits?). So at what point am I reloading, when I get below 16BB? At the $0.10/$0.25 table I play at, I typically buy-in for $5.00 (20BB). Should I be buying in for $6.00 and if I drop below $4.00 (16BB) reload back to $6.00? Most of the donks I play against come to the table with $2.00 or $3.00.

I have only had to reload three times so far out of 1,600 hands, but I typically reload when I get under 10BB instead of waiting until I get stacked. The reason I do this is because if I only have 5-6 BB in my stack and I get a monster, I don't want to be all-in by 5th or 6th street and still have people willing to chase draws or call with worse hands to the end.

AC

[Jeff76]

So is there any reason not to buy in for large amounts? I tend to buy in for 50BBs just because I hate reloading.

[Andy B]

I like to keep enough in front of me that I can cap every street if the need arises, especially in stud/8. Just buy in for $100. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Bear in mind that most of the donks that you play against are, well, donks.

[xxeximusxx]

lol, is their any upside for me buying in for 10 big bets, i don't know why i do it. I am sort of a bad steamer so and when i get short i have the tourament attitude of just getting it all in and hoping for the best

[2461Badugi]

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I see many of us buying in for at least 20BB, some buy-in for 25BB or between 30-40BB (is this necessary at the micro-limits?). So at what point am I reloading, when I get below 16BB? At the $0.10/$0.25 table I play at, I typically buy-in for $5.00 (20BB). Should I be buying in for $6.00 and if I drop below $4.00 (16BB) reload back to $6.00? Most of the donks I play against come to the table with $2.00 or $3.00.


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Ideally you'd never start a hand below $4. Sometimes you get caught rebuying slow, but that should be your goal. As Andy says this is especially important in Stud/8, because if you get a chance to whipsaw, you want to exploit it to the max.

I typically buy in for 50BB anywhere below 10/20 and 25-30BB above. That high so many people are buying in for 20 or less that 50 looks really out of place. It's pretty common to buy in for 30BB and cover the table.

[docholiday420]

I play 5/10 BM and buy in for 200. If I get down to 100 or 10BB are start to evaluate if I'm doing something wrong of if it is one of those days. If I lose all 20BB then I know either somthing is wrong, or it is one of those days. Either way I stop playing for the day.