NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

Im just starting to read up on NL ring games (already a fairly accomplished SNG and low limit ring player, but as a personal rule I dont play any new type of poker until I read at least one good book on it... have ciaffone's book on order.)

I was watching a few ring games last night while I was multitabling 2/4 limit on empire and saw something Ive never seen before. At a 25 NL ring game, there was a player who had accumulated over 40 buy ins (a touch over $1020). How often does that happen and how long would you suppose he had been sitting at the table? I watched him for most of an hour and I still wasnt sure whether he was that good, that lucky, or both.

Like I said, low content, just thought I'd share and see if this was more common than I'dve guessed or it was a unique occurrence.

TRWIII

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

When I first started I used to play the $25 buy in at PS all the time, maybe 20 hours a week for two months before moving up in limits. I never saw anyone accumulate anything over $200.

So I would say this is very, very unusual.
In order to do what he did, you'd have to be in lots of hands, and have lots of luck too.

I'd guess that he was just a maniac having an amazing run of luck.

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Never ever saw something like this, at 25 buy-in maximum I have seen in UB is around 170. At that point, all players leave the table, and let the big stack alone there. And it is tough for someone else to join.

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

I've seen in the mid $400s. Over $1000 is just crazy. That's 40 people's buy-ins!

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

I thought it was pretty abnormal (but what do I know, Im just starting to dip my toes into the NL water). Eh see something new everyday.

TRWIII

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

Coupled with the right run of cards, and the right type of players, a stack can grow to be pretty ridiculous. Although I've never seen anything like 40x buy-ins, I have seen players push their buy-ins up to 8x at limits as high as 25/50 NL. Usually you have to be in the right place at the right time, and catch a LOT of the right cards. It also helps to have a tilty player donate buy-in after buy-in to you. It's what we all hope for when we sit down at the table.

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

Like everyone else has said, that's quite an unbelievable stack. The most I've seen is around $200 in a $25 buyin table. He must have been very lucky and won a couple very big pots. That is certainly not the norm.

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

Muzungu had a table on party's 2/4 where 2 people had 10X the buyin (2k+) with 3-4 others at 5 buyins. Was a sick, sick game.

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

I don't play online, but at casino play I've had 12x buyins and that isn't that all unusual. 40x buyins has gotta be impossible tho, my guess is its a well programmed prog thats been playing for several days

Re: NL ring game buy in accumulation question. (Low content)
 

I don't think I've ever seen a real money NL ring game where anybody had more than 20x the max buy-in. Online or otherwise.

I've personally ended up with about 12-15x the max buy a couple of times at some NL homegames, but that is definitely a ridiculous stack.