[derick]

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Thanks for your advice,

You're right you know, I'm dumb just taking a shot at .5/1 when I have huge holes in my game/understanding. I think I need poker playing skill more than I need bankroll management skill (I have over 40 buyins)

I just saw 50% players seeing the flop (on Stars) on this table and thought I'd take a shot at .5/1.

I buy in the minimum so I can adjust my stack size to that of the weakest players, rather than just buy in for the max. This helps me avoid getting outplayed postflop by the better players if they have big stacks (usually the case with the better players.)

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I don't have a problem with the 40 buyin thing, but others here might. What I do have a problem with is you not buying in full. Simply put, you're playing scared. You're worried you're going to get outplayed so you put less money on the table and that is playing scared.

If you think you're getting outplayed, move down. There's no shame in that. You crushing some lower level is a lot better than you playing scared at a higher level.

Now I'm going to contradict myself from what I said earlier but now I do have a problem with the 40 buyins. Get that up if you want to jump up levels, so when you do and get outplayed early (or even have a bad swing early), it's a lot easier to digest.

You really handicap yourself with less than max buyins. If you get deep in a hand, you're pretty pot committed early. If you happen across that monster, you're not getting paid nearly enough for it.

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You mean play more than 2 streets before you're all in? :-)

*shudders* :-)


Here's my reasons for buying short, I'm not saying they make up for the handicaps you mention above.


I had been buying in short so I could clear the bonus on Stars (min .25/.50 required to clear bonus quickly) and play with the weak players. Just having better starting requirements is enough to kill weak players while you wait for them to do something really stupid.

Buying in for $10 on the .25/.50 lets me clear the bonus quickly, play weak players who have the same stack size as me, "pass under the radar" of the good players and avoid getting outplayed postflop.

All that being said I'm going to try to buy in for full tonight. I've got to learn to play postflop sometime.

40 buyins may be a little too small for the .50/1 game since I kind of suck. 80 buyins for the .25/.50 game should be enough.

derick