Buy ins. .50/1.00
 

What should I be buying in with. I play .50/1.00. I am pretty new to online poker. I have played live for a few years and always bought in with 25xbig bet. Should this be adjusted for online. I figure I'm dealt about 30% more hands per hour. Should I be buying in with 50 big bets?

What do you guys do?

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25BB is standard.

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25BB is standard.

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Sorry, I have to get some more posts in my quest to beat easypete.

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typically just the default on PP (25bb)... just easier that way... doesn't much matter as long as you make sure you rebuy if you ever dip below 12 BB...

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i buy in 15, then if i dip down to ~5, i add on or leave

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i buy in 15, then if i dip down to ~5, i add on or leave

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Don't. There's no reason to have fewer than 12 BB in your stack at the beginning of any given hand. Period.

You're here because you want to learn. That's another way of saying that you're trying to recognize the difference between +EV and -EV plays. Improving the way you manage your stack is one of the easiest +EV moves you'll ever make.

If it's some sort of stop-loss thing, quit when you drop from 25 to 15 BB... or just get over it. It's all one long session. Stop when you don't feel like playing any more, or you have something better to do, or you don't think you're capable of bringing your A game.

It's easy enough to give away money at the best of times. Why do anything to make things harder on yourself?

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the main problem is buying in for to little, 25BB buy in is standard, some like 30BB, [censored] some people like 50BB. Buy whatever you want, just don't buy in for less than 25BB.

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What should I be buying in with. I play .50/1.00. I am pretty new to online poker. I have played live for a few years and always bought in with 25xbig bet. Should this be adjusted for online. I figure I'm dealt about 30% more hands per hour. Should I be buying in with 50 big bets?

What do you guys do?

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Mayeb you know this already, but it hasn't been said explicitly in the thread so I'll do it. The reason you need at least 12BB in your stack at the beginning of every hand is in case you need to cap on every street. Perhaps you have KK vs. AA and the flop is AKK. Wouldn't you be sad that you couldn't take more of AA's money? This happened to me at the b/m last night. I caught running 2s to make a full house out of my set and the second one completed a flush draw. Mr. flush had to go all in, but he was eager to put more bets in and would probably have 3-bet me if he'd had the funds. Sure he was probably happy when I turned over the boat, but at the time he really wanted more action.

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It depends on who is at the table with me. At more aggressive games, I buy in for 50BB when I'm multitabling so I don't have to think about reloading at all. 25BB is usually fine though.

Occasionally I'll buyin for 1000BB, but most would argue that's a bit over the top.

Rob

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i guess i do it to remind me to look around the table and see if i still want to stay there... but youre right it probably is better i just buy in bigger and not have the hassle