How much do you buy in for??

[MagicRat]

Am going to Vegas in a couple of weeks and going to sit down there for the first time to play B&M (have only played B&M once previously, in AC). Will not have a lot of time to play but figured I'd sit down for one session (5-6 hours if I last that long /images/graemlins/grin.gif) at something like 4-8. On PP I usually do the default buy-in of 25BB, would that be correct to do for B&M?? Thanks...

[TomCollins]

Doesn't really matter so much, just keep 12BB on the table at any time. That's enough to cap every street.

[Dynasty]

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Doesn't really matter so much, just keep 12BB on the table at any time. That's enough to cap every street.

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That's not enough to cap every street.

Also, there may not be a cap on some streets.

[TomCollins]

Depends on rules I guess. I assumed 3 raises.

[goofball]

depends on what's conveneient. yes at 4/8 i'll cash in 2 racks, but at 3/6 just 1 rack, it's less than 25 BB but it's a pain to ask them for $150. also at the 15/30 i would cash in a rack of red (500). i would just reccomend cashing in in full rack amounts the closest you can to 25BB


unles you want to be one of those old guy's sitting 3/6 who has for osme reason bought $1000 worth of chips and elects to play very poorly with them

[doggin]

I usually go for 25 big bets. I had a young kid sit down
across from me at Caesars Indiana at a 4/8 table with
700 dollars in the red five dollar chips. I thought that
was a bit overkill till I looked over at the 10/20 table
and counted hree players who had 4 grand in huge stacks
of red chips in front of them.
As Seinfeld says every now and then......" w h y? "

[skaboomizzy]

So if I go to Vegas for five nights in August and have $1000 in poker money with me, is a $300 buy-in okay for 3/6?

[doggin]

oh yeah!

[Tonsafun]

I don't mind when someone comes to the table in 3/6 with that much glimmer, but it is a lot more than you need. 100 will do.

[SinCityGuy]

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Depends on rules I guess. I assumed 3 raises.

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Tom, at most of the local rooms it's a 5-bet cap, unless it's heads-up, in which case there is no cap.

[Michael Davis]

I buy in for 30 big bets, and if I drop to below 15, I get another rack.

You do not want just 12. About one week ago, for the first time in my life, I put in ten bets on the turn holding the stone cold nuts. If I only had 12 big bets on the table, this would not have been possible.

This situation probably comes up maybe once a year for the serious player (I really don't know), but why miss out on the opportunity when it is presented?

And thank God the board didn't pair.

-Michael

[Michael Davis]

No. You can easily get blasted for $100 in a 3-6 game. This can happen in about five minutes.

I'd rather not rebuy after losing just one hand.

-Michael

[Yeknom58]

I think he's just forgetting preflop betting.

[solring]

This past weekend, I played two sessions of 2/4 at the Monte Carlo. Most people, myself included, bought in for one rack ($100).

[AviD]

I buy-in for 25BB or 30BB.

Strange, at Foxwoods this weekend, I was playing a 10/20 game and bought in for 600.

A little while later, this kid sat down to my left after finishing a tournament there (I had just caught that he was in it earlier, overhearing him talking to floor when it was about to start) with like 200 and said, "You look like you're doing well."

I said, "No...I bought in for this much."

He looked at me like I was out of my mind, had no clue what I was doing (which isn't far off), and with a strange and rather condescending face said "that's a little heavy for 10/20".

I didn't say anything after that, he left shortly after that after winning a decent pot and losing a few others. Not sure why he left as the game was silly good.


Wonder what he planned on doing if he ran into a capped turn with 10BB and the best hand...besides going all-in wishing he had more to put in...especially when I saw two guys go 8 bets on the turn...one with the nuts and the other with a dominated holding.

Good games at Foxwoods I tell ya, good games! /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[RydenStoompala]

I have found M Davis' advice to be identical to my own rule. I buy in for 30 big bets and top up below 15 big bets, with a pre-determined drawdown in case I am being outplayed. It's more important to know if I am playing well, or if the table is stocked with too many really tough players, than to know at what level I should maintain my table stakes. The most important rule is try to never get into a situation where you run out of checks while holding the nuts.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

I hate being short-stacked, so I bought in for $200 at the 3/6, $300 at the 4/8 tables and $400 at 6/12. Almost everyone at the 3/6 had just a rack of $1 chips, so I was a bit unusual. At every 3/6 table there was at least one person who like to have $500-1000 or more. I have no idea why.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

Should not be a problem. I brought twice that, but didn't need it.

[midas]

Milo:

I tend to play 4-8 at Foxwoods and see buy-ins ranging from $60-$400 with most players either buying $100 from the dealer or showing up with a full rack of yellow ($2 chips) for $200.

I have seen a woman who is a regular always sit down with $400, but I think it is a mind game against people sitting down after her thinking that she has won a ton of $$$ and is a great player.

If I'm playing with $1 chips (not at FW) - I buy a rack at a time and keep a couple of hundred in cash behind my chips - I hate all the stacking.

I do agree about the short stack issue though - I've seen players get low on chips, don't rebuy or put cash behind and get a monster hand and get forced to go all in with low $$$ and lose out on a big pot.

[VeryTnA]

Keep it simple. 3/6 and 4/8 buy in for $200. To be more exact, make it a rack and a stack. I like having some $5 chips for re-raising with the nutz.