How much do you buy in for?

[NLSoldier]

I am just wondering what you guys typically buy in for at your regular limit. I always buy in for a MINIMUM of 25BB but usually more like 40 or 50 if i have it on me. Even when i buyin for 25BB though i tend to get a ton of comments like "gee kid you think you bought in for enough?" etc. I have always thought that 25BB was standard but at the B&M i have been going to lately (viejas in san diego) people usually buy in for like 1 rack even if its an 8/16 yellow chip game...so thats only 12.5BB which seems way low to me. I guess they are just fish and i shouldnt pay any attention to them...

[Barry]

25BB's is fine, but I have more in my pocket, just in case I need it.

[Edge34]

I play two regular B&M limits these days - 6/12 and 15/30. For 6/12 I buy in for 300 (25 BBs) and for 15/30 I buy in for 600. I could stand a few more stacks of red, like 7 or 800, but 6 suits me just fine when I actually make it out there.

Sat with a guy at 15/30 on saturday who bought in for 250. That's right, 8 bets. Funny thing is, when he goes bust (which he was bound to do), he goes and buys in for another 200. Seems like it'd make more sense to put 450 down at once, minimum, doesn't it? Go figure.

-Edge

[daryn]

once i was walking by a roullette table and i saw a guy placing a bet.








people do stupid things.

[daryljobe777]

A rack.

[viennagreen]

i always only buy-in for 20BBs. in my opinion, it seems to be about the average--- i don't like attracting attention with a big buy-in.

[gvibes]

Thread hijack warning: How would you adjust your buy-in for a half-kill or full-kill game, in terms of BB's?

[Andy B]

I think that guy went to the ATM (the ATMs at Canterbury dispense C-notes). Going to play $15/30 with $250 in your pocket is a little ridiculous, though.

My standard buy-in is 25 BB. When I play $30/60 HE, which I haven't in a while, I buy in for $2000. I just hate feeling short-stacked.

[OilMan]

I play lower limits (2/4 and 3/6) and usually buy in for 20 BB and still look like the big stack when I arrive.

I was playing commerce 2/4 last weekend and saw a guy buy in for $20 (5 BB's) three times in an hour.

Twenty BB's is the minimum I would buy in for with another twenty in my pocket.

[Barry]

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i always only buy-in for 20BBs. in my opinion, it seems to be about the average--- i don't like attracting attention with a big buy-in.


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That's funny, I like attracting attention with a big buy-in

[viennagreen]

really? or are you just joking?

since i don't play as many hands as the other folks, i like to just blend in and be forgotten until i raise out from nowhere...

why would you like to attract attention?

[mdelcorso]

I intentionally buy in for alot. $400 in a 5/10 game normally. I do this because I tend to stay at a table for 12+ hours and it doesn't take too long for nobody to be left at the table from when I started. That way they think I've been there killing the table if I'm winning or that I'm breaking even if I'm down. Low limit players fear chip stacks.

...and I like building chip castles

[Barry]

I'm serious.

If you had met me, you would know that I don't need chips to attract attention. If you have a lot of chips, you can use them to intimidate some of your lesser skilled opponents.

It also gives me a good start on the pyramid that I expect to build during the session.

[alittle]

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once i was walking by a roullette table and i saw a guy placing a bet.

people do stupid things.

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I was in Vegas a few years ago and a buddy was watching the roulette table and asked the floor "How do you win at this game?" and he said "You don't." The one lady at the table scowled at him.

[junkmail3]

I was playing 3/6 last weekend, and whenever someone new came to the table, another guy and I would tell them that they either brought too much and weren't allowed to bring more than ... say $200, whatever was lower than their buyin, or that they brought too little, and they needed at least $150 to play.

It was great fun and it told you right up front who was playing for the first time. Or the first time in a while.

[crockett]

I get this comment a lot.

My standard replies:

"I'm not very good so it saves me the hassle of rebuying."

“I usually play til I’m broke anyways so it saves time…”

And always remember who made the comment. If they bust and rebuy you immediately say in your best fish voice

“See! This game is impossible to beat, the money just gets passed around and the lucky guy goes home with full pockets. It is just easier to buy more up front.” This usually helps the tilting along.

[toots]

I like it.

I went and bought in for way too much at a game the other day. I felt like a total git sitting there with mountains of chips in front of me. Unfortunately, I think I would have looked like a total git even without all those chips, so I guess it didn't really make much difference.

[SoaringAngle]

Tell me if I'm stupid. 3/6 I'm usually buying in 80 or 100(rack). I usually think the fish are the people bringing 2-3 full racks to the table. I dont know though, so should i raise my buy in? All you need to do is win a hand or two and you're not sitting short stack at all.

[NLSoldier]

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Thread hijack warning: How would you adjust your buy-in for a half-kill or full-kill game, in terms of BB's?

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The games i have been playing in are actually full kill. But i dont think ive ever consciously factored that in when buying in for a lot /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Building pyramids is a good reason to buyin for a lot, altho i feel kinda dumb when i sit down with 2 racks and immediatly make a pyramid out of them. Its way cooler when the pyramid actually has some winnings in it!


I think buying in for 80 at 3/6 is too little, unless you plan to rebuy after the first pot you lose...

[jar]

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Tell me if I'm stupid. 3/6 I'm usually buying in 80 or 100(rack). I usually think the fish are the people bringing 2-3 full racks to the table. I dont know though, so should i raise my buy in? All you need to do is win a hand or two and you're not sitting short stack at all.

[/ QUOTE ]

The cardinal rule is to never begin a hand with less than 12BB on the table. 12BB is 72 at 3/6, so if you play past the flop and don't win, you're probably going to need to rebuy. I've never played 3/6, but I buy in with a half rack at 2/4 and a full rack at 4/8 (2$ chips).

I'd say a general rule of thumb is a half rack in a one chip two chip game, a full rack in a 2c/4c game, and 2 racks in a 3c/6c or 4c8c game. This is more than you need in the 3c/6c, but I'd feel silly buying 1.5 racks.

[MoreWineII]

$100 @ 3/6, $150 @ 4/8, $200-250 @ 5/10 or 6/12.

If I lose a hand or two, I rebuy pretty quickly.

[bunky9590]

If I'm there to play, and I mean Play. I'll buy in for a dime on a 10-20. But thats way overkill, I like to keep the stack deep. But thats if I'm gonna play a marathon session.

If its a normal session, a nickel is plenty.

[The Dude]

Barry, thankyou. I'm extemely disappointed that nobody else even mentioned the effect one's buyin has on their chip pyramid. One's pyramid should never dip below 3 teirs - two full racks. A 6 stack base, 3 stack 2nd level, and the final stack on top.

This means that you really ought to be buying in for 3 racks or more. More can never hurt. Anybody who's ever had a 7 rack pyramid in front of them knows of what I speak. Yes, my friends, that's 5 teirs. When you can no longer rest their chin on thier chips - that's a thing of beauty.

Basically, you guys need to sack up and start buying in like a real man.

[RydenStoompala]

$100 million.

A little less in the 10-20 games.

[Lawrence Ng]

1 meeeelllliiooon Big Bets

[Philuva]

I buy in for 2 racks of whatever chip denomination the table is using.

[Nate tha' Great]

I've taken to buying in for 2 racks of red plus 2 black chips at 20/40.

[Schneids]

Usually 2 racks, sometimes 3. Once 5.

I echo The Dude's thoughts about pyramids.

[warlockjd]

As long as I can cap every street and have a little left for heads up on the end/unlimited, I'm fine. I may add to this if there is a total moron in the game who I think may put 10 bets in on the river with 2nd place.

[Luv2DriveTT]

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Tell me if I'm stupid. 3/6 I'm usually buying in 80 or 100(rack). I usually think the fish are the people bringing 2-3 full racks to the table. I dont know though, so should i raise my buy in? All you need to do is win a hand or two and you're not sitting short stack at all.

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a loose 3/6 game is the exception to the rule. Its perfectly fine to buy in for 16.6 Big Bets (a rack) if you are a strong agressive player and you are at a super-loose table.

I played 4/8 with 1/2 kill last night at the Orleans for 45 minutes (I had to catch a plane home). I thought I was going to be under-staked when I bought in for a rack, but I was VERY surprised to see numerous players there with buyins of $80, $60, and even one player who bought in (and went bankrupt in less than 1 rotation when he was defending his kill pot) for $40.

Moral of this story - in 45 mins I won nearly one dollar for every minute I played. Good times at loose tables!

Boy do I LOVE low limit B&M games!

TT in da club /images/graemlins/club.gif

[MrDannimal]

I wouldn't call you stupid. I buy in for $300 at Greektown, regardless of if I'm palying 3/6 or 5/10. Just a comfortable # for me.

[GuyOnTilt]

I always buy in 2 racks at a time in limit games.

GoT

[Barry]

Yesterday at FW's I turned my 2 rack buy in to a full 5 level pyramid. It is truly a thing of beauty; the pyramid and running that good. The guy to my left was complaining as he couldn't tell if the folks to my right had acted.

Of course today, things were different and I had a hard time with just having a second level.

[Don Olney]

I know in some of the CA casinos you have the "MIN. buy in" players -- and they rebuy time and time again ---

As for your buy in --- no big deal --- if the game is tight I will buy-in for a little less, if the game is not so tight I up it to cover the bigger pot or I place a few bills with my stacks ---- just do what you feel is right -- no magic formula for this one and 100 playrs will give you 100 buy-ins

[CaptObvious]

3 Stacks of High Society /images/graemlins/smirk.gif


A little less in a .50/$1 game...