I fail to win until I hit $2/4. I played with $50 and $75 buy-ins at $1/2 and lower games. I could never win. My money would slowly disappear over the course of a couple months. Or, I would take a shot at a bigger game and get blown out in an afternoon.


I thought that $75 should be plenty to back a .5/1 game. It probably should, but I could not. After reading a post about bankrolls, I decided to buy in for $500 and take a shot at the $3/6. Good decision. I don't play much different. I use the same starting hand standards (maybe a little tighter).


I could not beat these stakes and I know I'm not that good. I do beat (barely) $3/6, but right now I'm just studying to get to the next level. I'm sure many are beating these micro-stakes, I just know I didn't. Good practice and not very expensive.


Gary W.