Krishan: Thanks for the response.
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Okay, you have won 1000 BB at 5/10. If you were properly rolled (500 BB) you should have 1500 BB. Why do you only have 500 BB? You realize bankroll is different concept that the amount of money you have on site. If your bankroll is not 340 BB than you might need to consider moving down. I'm hoping you can reload at any time though (you alude to it in a later post).
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I'm living off my poker income and I'm paying off school debt. Every month I prune my (onsite) BR back down to 500BB's, and transfer the rest to a liquid fund. I then take my monthly expenses out of that.
The liquid fund is also my "gonna pay off school debt" fund, so I'm reluctant to tap into it. I've been "pro" since april, and I've yet to have a month where I didn't crack my nut. Being halfway through the month and being twice as far away from my nut as I was at the beginning of the month was a little disconcerting.
Going broke to 0 is something I can bear, going broke to -20k with no income is something I can't. That's why I am conservative when it comes to taking shots. I want out of debt real bad, once I get that, then I can gamb00l some.
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If you have a larger bankroll and are just worried about not having enough on site, why would that cause you to move down. The amount you have on site is immaterial if you can deposit more at the drop of a dime (Ha).
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Like I said above, I wanna use that money to get out of debt. I'll tap into it if I need to, but I'd almost rather move down than reload. (Not sure about this yet, one of the reasons I posted this thread, I wanted some other people's insight).
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Next, if you think you are a winner, and that seems likely since you are over a 1.7 BB /100 winner over 5K hands, why move down if bankroll isn't an issue? There are reasons to move down if you are properly bankrolled. You might be tilting and need to play a game where you are a heavy favorite. Build confidence. That sort of thing.
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Well, confidence really isn't the issue. When I sat down today I felt great and ready to make money. When I stood up I felt like I could continue playing and playing my A game. I still feel that way.
I'm realizing now that 160BB's really is nothing, but it's the biggest downswing I had, and it happened pretty quickly. I've never experienced this sort of swing in my year of playing, so to me it seemed like a big deal. Guess I was just lucky. ^_^
Those huge swings you talk about really surprise me. If you don't mind talking about it publicly, I'm curious what your numbers are:
<ul type="square">[*]STD/100[*]BB/100[*]VP$IP[*]PFR[*]Total hands played at 6m.[/list]
In short: What happened to the 300BB = tiny risk of ruin days? [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]