a bankroll question

plethodon · #1 05-30-2005, 02:07 AM

About 4 months ago I started playing poker regularly again. I started with $19 I had left in my Paradise account. I started at .02/.04 and moved up gradually. Now I'm closing in on $300 and moving up to .5/1. Well tonight I was looking at my PT stats and noticed I'm only making 1.09bb/100 hands at .25/.5 (10800 hands) and I'm making 5.89bb/100 at .1/.2 (7100 hands). I've also paid twice as much for the rake as I've made at .25/.5. Before I started back up again I'd made about $800 at Pacific and Paradise and a couple of other sites which I cashed out (except for the $19). I built the $800 the same way I made my current $300, starting at the lowest level and working my way up. When I moved from Pacific to Paradise (that is when I got PT) I started at .02/.04 again because I was afraid I was playing way too loose (and I was). So I've never played above .25/.5 except for clearing a bonus at Party and the occasional session at Paradise. So do I need to spend a lot more time at .25/.5 until I have a decent win rate despite my bankroll size or should I go ahead and move on up when I hit $300? Or should I just spend my time playing .1/.2 since I win more there then I do at .25/.5? Or should I take some of that $800 and add it back in and move up to .5/1 and hope for the best? My PT stats for .25/.5 are 16.41 vpip, 30 won $wsf, 39.8 wsd, 47.56 won at sd, and 6.77 pfr. My aggression factor is 1.5 at that level.

thanks

ClaytonN · #2 05-30-2005, 02:15 AM

Move up when you're comfortable.

You're going to earn more by moving up, in time. You'll lose some immediately after moving up. C'est la vie.

Your agression factor is too low (should be closer to 2.5'ish)

Your PFR is too low (get it up to somewhere around 9)

Your VPIP looks fine.

Vagrant · #3 05-30-2005, 02:42 AM

I think you VPIP is too low for the limits you are playing. You can play more speculative hands because there are usually many players in the pots.

ClaytonN · #4 05-30-2005, 03:40 AM

True, but if and when he moves up that VPIP will be helpful. I'd rather see him have a 16 VPIP than a 27 VPIP.

Ideally people like to preach being around 19, but it can vary. Some people do really well at 24, some people do really well at 14.

Most money is made with good postflop play, regardless.

Jakesta · #5 05-30-2005, 03:58 AM

This is true, but if you play well postflop, then you really want to maximize your posssible winnings by playing more of the speculative hands like Ax little soooted.