is it rude to buy in for $300 in a 4-8 game?
 

Some people believe its not a very good idea to buy in for that much. Opinions please

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Its poker ... who cares what other people think just buy-in for what you want.

I do think 300 is a little much but whatever you want to do works for me.

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In my experience people who over buy always end up being tools. That's usually like 400-500 in a 3/6, though...

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It doesn't matter but I think anywhere from 25-50BB's is a good buyin for a limit game.
You become a tool when you buyin for like 100-200BB's.

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Mind u this experience is mostly @ a limit 3/6 game in a fairly new casino.

The casino I play at, has a rule that once the action is down to two players, there are no limits on raises. I have seen 3-400 pots b/c of this @ 3/6. So my reaction is to always have the most money @ the table. For 3/6 I buy in for 100 white 100 in red and i carry a couple of black chips. There are a few advantages to this.

The first obvious one is that I can take alot of chips in a heads up pot against a second best hand ( happens rarely but why not be ready when it does) and why have the money out of play if you have a jackpot opportunity.

Second people fear me more when i have been sitting there a while b/c they think i bought in for 100 like everyone else seems to do. Psychologically i like to have a big stack even at limit. I can take some losses and not feel like i have to rebuy or play tighter or get lucky.

Third, people who do not know me think i play reckless and can afford to when i have cards to play aggresive with that do not turn into winners. I can play the part of a loose rich tourist to the players who have not lost to me in the past.

And last, the regulars at the the casino are very sure that I am a strong player not only b/c I win but b/c I always have the most chips, rarely rebuy, and regularly beat them.

So my answer is that no one pays too much attention, and a lot of time when they do it still works to my advantage. And never has anyone said a word about what i bring to the table. Hell if u r concerned buy an odd amount and play like u just came from another table that u cleaned out.
bud

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FYP, and no, it's awesome.

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The only time its rude is when you have to buy from the dealer and slow the game down.

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Nope.
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It doesn't matter but I think anywhere from 25-50BB's is a good buyin for a limit game.
You become a tool when you buyin for like 100-200BB's.

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rj

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The only time its rude is when you have to buy from the dealer and slow the game down.

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especially when there is a cage

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It doesn't matter but I think anywhere from 25-50BB's is a good buyin for a limit game.
You become a tool when you buyin for like 100-200BB's.

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says it all, doesnt it? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

rj

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nice

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Last time I played live, I did exactly this -- bought three racks of $1s. The number of comments I got was exceptional.

Of course, people sat down with piles of redbirds ($5s) and did not get any comment whatsoever. One person, thinking it was a no limit table, sat down with $300 in reds -- the max buy-in had he been at the right table -- and no one said a word. Another guy had a eight greens and two towers of red, and was met with silence.

If anything, you are better off doing what I did. People lose track of the value of the chips and instead consider the sheer volume.

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The reason I stopped buying in for more than 25xBB is that the last time I did it, it intimidated a lot of the other players and they all tightened up against me. Better to buy in for 25xBB and add more if you lose a monster pot.

No need to scare the fish.

Of course if you are looking to buy enough to mess around, then you should buy in for 500 (or more) and build a castle. Laught a lot when you sit down and be sure to tell the table that you are castle building. It will help.

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One early mornign at the muck I was sitting in a fairly nitty limit HE 4/8 game. I lost $20 or $30 and was fealing pretty sporty. Another person was nagging me so I chipped up to a dime. That number of whites is just too much to handle well, but it does look impressive on the table.

I left that game up 13 grand. I had to color up a few times.

I don't give a darn if it's rude, with results like this I'd do it again.

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I left that game up 13 grand

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What?

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you won 13k in one session of 4/8? dbwidh?

rj

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[censored] quick responding ho...

rj

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One early mornign at the muck I was sitting in a fairly nitty limit HE 4/8 game. I left that game up 13 grand.

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Building chip castles is the best part about playing live poker.

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One early mornign at the muck I was sitting in a fairly nitty limit HE 4/8 game. I lost $20 or $30 and was fealing pretty sporty. Another person was nagging me so I chipped up to a dime. That number of whites is just too much to handle well, but it does look impressive on the table.

I left that game up 13 grand. I had to color up a few times.

I don't give a darn if it's rude, with results like this I'd do it again.

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Did you mean $1300? That's still impressive as hell. Isn't a nitty game a tight one?

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less that 40 BB? Do it all in whites.

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I cant see why its rude, or why anyone would think it rude. $200 would seem sufficient but it's your choice. Since many people playing live are playing at higher stakes than theyre used to (and have the bankroll for) its not a bad strategy to raise a little more frequently.

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Just buy-in for $100, but be ready to reload if you lose a pot.

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I know a guy who regularly buys in to 4/8 with a rack, plus $200 in Red ($5 chips). That way it doesn't get noticed and he never has to worry about rebuying.

I just buy in for a rack and rebuy if I go down much.

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i buy in for 50 bets.....so no.

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I hate playing with less than 12 BB on the table. I tried buying in for two racks, but noticed it raised a few eyebrows at some of the casinos I play at. I felt like people identified me as a "serious" player. At those casinos, I buy in for one rack and buy another after I lose a pot. Buying one rack at a time doesn't get the same attention from the other players.

On the other hand, in other places where people like to throw around chips more buying for two racks is no big deal. At those, I'll usually buy in for 15-20 BB.

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buy in for 500, it will make people play looser as most will view u as a poor player who is there just to donate chips, bigger buyin players are usually of the weaker variety IMO, any thoughts?

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lol

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no, its perfectly fine. don't worry bout the retards. i always buyin for AT LEAST 30bb for whatever game i play. i always buy in for 300 when i play 4/8 because 300 is much more convienent then 240.

whenever i buyin for 300, i always get comments like "you're in the wrong game kid", or stuff like "wow what are you doing". even the retard chip runners make stupid comments. they always say "you don't need that much, ill just give you a hundred".

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If your pile takes up a significant portion of the table (see the pic above), you are a tool. How is the dealer supposed to get cards to the player in the 9 seat?

Tell that tool in the pic that I'll be impressed when his pile of black chips is that big.

There was a guy who played in Tunica when I was dealing there who bought in for his whole BR. In white chips. Every night. Usually 2-3 dimes' worth. It would take him a half-hour to get his chips from the cage to the table, unracked, and stacked--and that's if the table was near the cage.

Of course, there was the occasional spill during this process, which always made me laugh like hell. Then people would look at me when I LOL'd, as if I was the jerk.

Buy in for $100,000 if you want, I don't care. Just use high denomination chips. Don't hog half the table for your little vanity display.

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At Niagara Fallsview I bought in for $400 at the 4/8 and it prompted a few comments from the table. One was a question about the amount and I said "I hate running out." <shrug>

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Borgata High Limit Room has to be the world capital of unnecessarily large, obnoxious chip stacks...

Having a lot of chips rules.

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i once bought into a 2/4 game for ~$1500

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Borgata High Limit Room has to be the world capital of unnecessarily large, obnoxious chip stacks...

Having a lot of chips rules.

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that wasn't exactly a high limit game.. until Evan sat down that is.

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Building chip castles is the best part about playing poker, period.

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fyp.

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Nope.
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Borgata High Limit Room has to be the world capital of unnecessarily large, obnoxious chip stacks...

Having a lot of chips rules.

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that wasn't exactly a high limit game.. until Evan sat down that is.

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Figured from the white chips... but I could tell it was the Borg, and you'll usually see a couple of stack getting that big somewhere among the 20, 40, or 80 games.

Biggest I ever managed to get up to there was 6 racks in the 20/40... couldn't quite top off the Level Five pyramid.

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Nope.
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Having a lot of chips rules.

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that wasn't exactly a high limit game.. until Evan sat down that is.

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It was 2/4 (in the main room) with sfer, scrub, James282, edtost and Johnny Boom Boom (and AviD is the guy standing behind me in the black jacket). We all had a lot of money on the table but my pyramid was the best.

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I can't believe sfer hasn't responded.

I think he bought in for 300 at a 2/4 game when we were in AC.

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Nope.
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Borgata High Limit Room has to be the world capital of unnecessarily large, obnoxious chip stacks...

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that wasn't exactly a high limit game.. until Evan sat down that is.

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It was 2/4 (in the main room) with sfer, scrub, James282, edtost and Johnny Boom Boom (and AviD is the guy standing behind me in the black jacket). We all had a lot of money on the table but my pyramid was the best.

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I gotta get in on one of these shindigs some time... sounds hilarious.

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I gotta get in on one of these shindigs some time... sounds hilarious.

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search for the trip reports - they're scattered between mine, evan's, and scrub's accounts. and they're awesome. the trip was sometime in december.

btw, that stack of evan's had one of every chip color up to orange, and he was dunk enough to be tossing around the purple and orange (which he had to go buy from a craps table upstairs) like frisbees to the rest of the table, some of whom had never seen one before, and some of whom he'd never met before.