Starting BankRoll

[candy_licker]

Dear fellow poker players, I have a question. I have finally gotten my money together to play poker. $1,000.00
I figured I should take $200 for ring game stake at $1-$2 NL casino
I figured I should take $300 for ring game stake at $.50-$1 NL on-line
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I figured I should take $200 for Tournaments game stake at $30-$50 Buy ins casino
I figured I should take $300 for Sit N Go's game stake at $10-$20, and low tourneys under $5 nuy in's on-line
I just started playing this year and this will give me a chance to play them all and see how I do and which game I am good at. I have played all of them before still don't know which one I like the most, however, got my ass served to me in Sit N Go's.
Ring games I like because it lets you play Texas Hold Em, Tourneys you are a coin toss half the time, blinds go up so fast. I need to learn how to play table games LIVE face to face, because i think the Gov. is going to fuck up on-line poker so many rooms have kicked USA (Missouri) off now.

[scrawnybob]

hi candylicker

hate to say this but I think you will be seriously underfunded if your playing those limits

your playing $1/2 with $200 - thats the max buyin for one cash game

if this is the bankroll you have built up to last you - then you need to have at least 10x the max buy-in for whatever stake you playing and really 20x if this is a one off career starter you are building

so if your playing $1/2 where the max buy-in is $200 per game then you need a bankroll of $2000 min just for this part of your project

Putting all the other elements into your plan makes this all the more complicated but - as far as I can see at any one time you are most likely (to be able to play effectively at these limits) to be putting more than 1/5th of your roll on the table in a single game

You've been with us a while and so I hope I can say this as I don't want anyone starting off wrong - I seriously think if this has taken you time to save up then -

don't blow it on a big bad plan - get a smaller plan to fit your budget

Playing in a casino with what is effective one buy-in is sure to cripple you - you won't play well because your only giving yourself one shot at it - this is a sure way to end up sitting tight and getting raked / blinded away

if you have $1000 then play cash games (if that is a decent side of your game) ONLINE - you will pay less in rake to sit at home and see 2x the hands for less than in a casino

sit down at a NL game where the max buy-in is no more than $100 (10th of roll)
think that will be about $0.25/0.50 and build it

you can make quick money at higher limits than your bankroll should allow - but trust me you will hit a bad streak and when its most or all of you money at one table it hurts

if that money took you along time to earn - dont risk it all at once

cheers scrawnybob

[timotee1]

I never, ever, ever seem to have any luck at ring games. All the money I make in tournaments seems to vanish within a short time at the "live" tables. I think its something that I will definitely have to work on to be good at poker. I f I was playing 1 and 2 dollar blinds Id pass out...lol

[Dazzler69]

all poker players should try to learn to be good at cash games because that is where the most money can be made in the long run.

yeah big pay-offs can be made through tournies but if you are good at cash games then you can make good money consistently!!

[timotee1]

Will do. I need the practice anyways.

[nms4912]

hey i like to buy in with the minimum everytime. that way the big stacks call you when yo u have killer hands, and then when you do doulbe or triple, u dont lose as much as once, or blow ur bankroll on 1 bad beat.

[oneloveday23]

holla mister holallalala

[timnicebutdim]

With a smaller bank roll of say just $200, do you think it is better to play in very low limit ring games, or 6 seater sit and go's? or maybe even 10 seater ones. At the moment I am playing in $5, 6 seater sit and go's. Made the money in a 1/3rd of them, but it does not add up too much!!

[BBB222]

Will do. I need the practice anyways [2]
LOL

[kingjames07]

WVa recently has opened up to table gaming...so here in the next few weeks i am gonna go to the tables and try out my first live face to face games.....could be dangerous considering the casino is only like 15 minutes from my house....lol