Bankroll

[beanfacekilla]

If you went bust, and flushed your bankroll, how can you get a bankroll again? I have a few hundred here and there to go play with that I can lose, but not $4k that I would need to play in $50-$200 buy in cash games. I have heard of people being "staked" by someone else, but I don't know any rich people. I don't make a ton of money. I am not getting a loan or cash advance on a credit card to have a bankroll. But if I go play poker when I have some money to spare, I will never have a decent bankroll. Even if I won the lotto, and had 100 million in the bank, I would still want to play poker, profitably. I don't want to be a poker player to make money. I want to play poker, which I love, and be profitable at it. I try freerolls on Absolute Poker, and I have only made the pay once - 18th place for $1, over 3,000 entrants. I usually make the top 10% in these freerolls, if not better. But I just don't know how I can accomplish my goal of being a poker pro with no bankroll. Any advice? Thank you for reading, and hopefully replying with some good advice.

[Washerwoman]

Ok...having read your numerous, recent posts I would say that you don't have enuf money to play big time as you say, nor, with your results, would anyone stake you...

so...

you enjoy playing, you say, and not for millions...

so...

i would suggest continuing in a relatively cautious vein...risking only what you can lose, but as you feel your skill and luck improving, increasing your buy-ins to suss out the different plays on increased money tables. Often you will find players with more money, and often less sense, will play in a much more foolhardy manner than those with less to gamble, who are often the tougher players to beat.

No one can tell you how to play. With time you will develop your own style and improve on it...one hopes...there is no magic way to poker millions, it's the hard grind for all of us!

[beanfacekilla]

Thank you for the reply. As for the stakes, if I want to play live no limit, $50-200 is the cheapest game I can find. I won't play online. I tried that, and people just play crazy. Online is probably the only place I can find to play at lower stakes. But I was a little dis-heartened by what you said about my history or something, I can't remember a direct quote, and no one would stake me. Not offended, nor am I going to argue with you. But I am positive alot in my history. I have a notebook with every buy in, and every cash out accounted for. I just feel like I have to say, that I am positive in the books. I am foolish and I flushed the bankroll. My weakest area - Bankroll Management. But it is good advice that you gave me, and I thank you for it. peace.

[Peteyweestro]

Where i am at there is a card room that will have $25 buy-in tournies sometimes but usually it's at least $50, as for the table stakes for regular game i am not sure sorry but i recall they had a $5/10 table there

[ospokerz]

You need to exercise some bankroll management. It is quite likely that you're not a winning player and if you aren't disciplined enough to keep from pissing away the money you had in a flash I doubt anyone is going to give you the chance to do the same with their money.

If you have a couple hundred dollars that is enough to play .05/.10 and grind up a bankroll again. Along the way you might learn a thing or two.

[Assistanc3]

stake OTHER players to build your BR

[Poker Orifice]

It might take quite awhile to build a roll playing the reg. micro stakes MTTs &/or SNG's but if you put in time to study, then put in time to play volume (esp. if MTT play) you will build a roll.
If you get decent results it is pretty easy to find other players who wil back you. There are sites online where you can find alot of this.
Incidentally, the majority of online tourney regs. are staked. So are 'ALOT' of the players in the WSOP Events.

My advice/suggestion -> find which game you have the most passion for... where you figure you'd be willing to put in the most time to study it. Then stick to that 'one' format (for the most part) until you can visualize the structures of the games in your sleep. Yes it's good to play a variety of games to further develop as a poker players 'BUT' if you want to build a roll &/or be successful I highly encourage you to just stick to one format.
gl on the journey & remember... it's the long run.

[beanfacekilla]

It might take quite awhile to build a roll playing the reg. micro stakes MTTs &/or SNG's but if you put in time to study, then put in time to play volume (esp. if MTT play) you will build a roll.
If you get decent results it is pretty easy to find other players who wil back you. There are sites online where you can find alot of this.
Incidentally, the majority of online tourney regs. are staked. So are 'ALOT' of the players in the WSOP Events.

My advice/suggestion -> find which game you have the most passion for... where you figure you'd be willing to put in the most time to study it. Then stick to that 'one' format (for the most part) until you can visualize the structures of the games in your sleep. Yes it's good to play a variety of games to further develop as a poker players 'BUT' if you want to build a roll &/or be successful I highly encourage you to just stick to one format.
gl on the journey & remember... it's the long run.

Thanx for the reply. I have been at it since day one on bodog, with a hiccup or two. I am shooting for $5,000 in my bankroll. If I can reach 5k, I can get a check for 4k (my bankroll for live poker, $200 buy in), and leave 1k on bodog. That is my plan, and I will achieve my goal. I have a long way to go, but I have been profiting every day on cash tables. Sometimes, I play the guaranteed tournies, but I only make the pay maybe 25% of the time. Those mtt's, it just seems like if you don't get lucky, you just get blinded to death. Also, I am always getting very loose calls in MTT's, and a lot of suck outs. Oh well, I just need to stick to cash. I consistenly do well in cash. People on bodog are supposed to be fish, and calling stations, but I take alot of pots by check raising with nothing, and just being flat out AGRESSIVE. People will lay down there if they are weak. It is surprising, because jokerstars (my friend plays there), people will call all the way down with bottom/middle pair, even when their hand didn't improve. He gets sooooo mad cause people are always sucking him out there. Anyways, thanx to all for the info. Peace.