Buy-in Question for 2-4 and 3-6

[KLGambiT]

Whats up everyone, i am curious what everyone recommends as a minimum buy in on the 2-4 and 3-6 tables in the past i have played 40$ buy in on the 2-4s and i find that 10X BB isnt nearly enough, if anyone could tell me what they reccomend i would appreciate it, thanks for the help /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[eyeski]

You're not even close. B$M I'd buy in for a rack ($100) with another hundred stashed close by. Online I go with the default (50BB on UB).

[prayformojo]

I usually just go with the Party default, 25*BB. Live, I go for the same, 25BB. The most important thing is to have enough chips to cap every street. Online, with a maximum of 4 bets per street, that's 12 BB. But rebuying every time a hand doesn't go your way is annoying, so roughly double that works for convenience's sake.

10 BB is definitely not enough, especially if you're not rebuying and just letting yourself go all in. All in on the flop for 4 BB with a set of aces is doubleplusungood.

Edit: Out of curiosity, what's your bankroll? If you're buying in for such low amounts because $100 or $150 would constitute a significant portion of your roll, you might reconsider what limit you play at.

[Seether]

If your playing online it doesnt really matter since you can always reload. For a long time I would buy in for 10 BBs but that was because I would only keep about 50BBs in my account. Now I normally buy in for 25bbs (partys normal buy in). However, to be honest, it doesnt really matter for the most part since you can always rebuy between hands and there isnt unlimited heads up raising, so no need to keep a huge stash.

[KLGambiT]

im talking about playing at a local casino and i guess i could buy in for 40 a few times but my chip stack usually dictates how i play so i have more chips i will play more pots and see lots more flops then i would if i had a measely 40 chips. Is there a generall rule u guys follow for buy ins? like 50X BB for any table or some sort u cardinal rule for bankroll and buyins?

[Rico Suave]

KLgambit:

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but my chip stack usually dictates how i play so i have more chips i will play more pots and see lots more flops then i would if i had a measely 40 chips.

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Your chip stack should not be a consideration (in limit, of course) in whether you play a hand, or how you play it.

--Rico

[KowCiller]

For B&M play I usually stick to about 25 BBs or so. Depending on the feel of the table, if it's especially weak, I'll buy in with less. At a typical live 2-4 or 3-6 game I would buy in for $100-$150.

However, I hesitate to tell you this, based on your previous post. The size of your stack (excluding tournaments) should not dictate your strategy much. Playing more hands because you have a bigger stack is not a good idea. I would strongly suggest picking up a book, such as Sklanksy's Hold 'em Poker and sticking to the strategies in there, especially the starting hands.

As you get better, less emphasis needs to be put on strict starting hand policies, but they should definitely be yor guide when you're starting out to keep ya out of trouble.

my $.02,

KoW

[MAxx]

i like coming in for 2x parties default for psycological factors. aka 50xBB. Even if you are down, it looks like you are up. Obviously some of the people are aware of this and may think its silly and i am a buffoon. I don't mind sending that message either. Either way it can only help.

[prayformojo]

I've played against one opponent on Party 2/4 who takes this idea to a fantastic extreme. He buys in for a huge amount, $400 or more, and periodically adds to his stack. I only noticed it when I was playing against him on two tables at once. First the big starting stack caught my eye, then after an hour I saw that he had over 800 on one table and over 1000 on the other. However, few players had busted out, there were only five or six big pots, and I had won two of those myself. I checked my PT session notes, and he had actually lost over $100 on each table. I don't know if the charade was for his sake or for ours, but it gave me a chuckle.

[bpb]

When there's no heads up raising, you just want to make sure that you have at least 12BB in front of you at the start of each hand. You want to have enough money to cap every round if need be.

At the crypto sites, I like to have the biggest stack at the table. If I hit that miracle quads vs top full house hand, I want to be able to take the other guy to the felt.

Other than that, I think the amount of your buyin is totally irrelevant.