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Hi guys ive grinded my bank up to about 130$ on Carbon from my 100$ deposit and Bankroll Management/ tilting has always been an issue for me. . I would just like to know some general rules of thumb for the level sngs, tourneys, and cash games i should be playing right now.
I like to only play tables I can beat. There is an old saying, if you can’t handle the heat, get out of the fire.
So only play stakes that make you feel comfortable at, you also might want to think about playing in sit and go, and tournaments, they offer great prizes for little risk.
~SwordCall
Yeah, it's all based on your preferences and what you are good at. It's always better to stay at lower stakes than higher in case you get unlucky/go on tilt.
I keep it simple and no matter what the game I won't buy in with more than 5% of my br.
congrats! A little more info please! are ya cash-gaming, SNG, or MTT?
General Rule: You want about 3 Buy-Ins for Cash and about 10 Buy ins for Tournament.... and usually you should keep that to about 1/5 of your entire bankroll
Listen to that if you want to go broke.Quote:
Originally Posted by idBiGot
20 buy ins minimum for cash, 40 BI for SNG (more if hyper turbos) 100 BI for MTT tournaments (80 if your pro maybe, expect to drop down due to bad runs between cashes)
I'd play .02 .05 till $200 then take a shot at .05-.10
If you wanted to play professionally at a certain level - pretty much double those requirements. 10 BI downswings aren't unheard of, including 40k hands of breakeven.
keep it low bro...keep it low......... ;)
It took me a long time to realize that if I couldn't beat the lowest stake, I was wasting even more money playing higher. If your goal is to move up fast that's fine, just set some guidelines. For example move up when you reach 30 buyins at the next stake then take a 10 buyin shot at that stake, if you blow 10 buyins move back down until you have 30 buy ins again at the next highest stake. That is just an example, run the process through your mind and do what makes sense or better yet post it and ask for comments for and against it then decide what you want to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by roebuck212
I never have more than 4 or 5 bI so this might explain why i never have a bank roll.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noct18
yeah bankroll managment for me has been problem to. I just cant seem to get it threw my thick skull and its costing me. i need better dicipline
I always try and follow the br rule and always seem to get away from it. damn me. damn me lol
I have to agree with Whorebot ............well put
i like to play 10% of my bre daily if i have $67 ill play $6 -7 that day it works for me..
sounds good to me good luck on building that bankroll
I always liked heads up cash games. Seems as though you will often run into loose players often killing time waiting for tourneys.
-Stack
first of all congrats and best of luck with ur bankroll, and with $130 I would be playing max $5 sng
Lot of good tips and info. There have been times where i went on tilt over the last two weeks and my b.r. was as low as 50$ but now im maintaining at 130$ by playing the 2$ hyper turbos, some small 1$-2$ mtts, and mostly avoiding the cash games for now just because at my age im not good with dealing w/ the swings of cash games.... im still really immature and a bad beat or two can send me off on tilt to the .25/50c tables, well on my way to going broke.... But on Carbon i like to try to play those step sngs too, seems interesting to me that you can turn 1$ into 250$ lmao, with a lot of grinding that is. But i know as long as i keep playing solid poker and avoid the cash games/tilting ill be good. There last week i went deep in at least 1 tourney a day so i proved to myself i can do it. Just gotta put the time in to get the big results im yearning for.