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Bankroll size
I'm sure this has been addressed a million times before, but....
I'm considering making the move from recreational online poker to semi-pro or better. I'm wondering how big a bankroll someone more knowledgeable than me (read: anyone who's serious enough to read this forum) would need to survive the expected variances in Party and Bodog 3/6 and 5/10. I've been playing non-microlimit games for only about a week online, and have built up about $2000 from these games. Should I think about adding more capital in before committing to the long haul, so to speak? |
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Re: Bankroll size
If poker is your only income, I've read 500BB plus 2 months expenses.
edit: play for 6 more months before you do this. DO NOT quit your day job (if you have one) |
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Re: Bankroll size
Forget the capitol. Try building up some experience first.
Professional athletes play for 10-15 years before making it professionally and you want to do it after a week? You think your good now? In 6 months you'll look back and realise you weren't that good and by then you may have a better understanding of where you want to go professionally. And yes, it's been covered over a million times before. The search function does work. outs |
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Re: Bankroll size
Opinion already posted:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...630&Forum=,All_Forums,&Words=&Searchpage=1&Limit =50&Main=1263630&Search=true&where=bod ysub&Name=5158&daterange=1&newerval=2& amp;newertype=m&olderval=&oldertype=&b odyprev=#Post1263630 Doc [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: Bankroll size
Pardon me for being a moron.
I get the picture now. Am I right in thinking that the intelligent move (one I hear is hardly ever made by someone in my position) would be to get a full-time job and see if I can beat the 1-2 and 2-4 games consistently for a few months before making any stupid decisions? |
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Re: Bankroll size
I think we need a much more detailed background from you to give any good advice.
Cup |
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Re: Bankroll size
My best advice, as someone who moved up from .25-.50 to .50-1 and now has to move back down because of a lack of discipline which led to some bad NL sessions is to stay at .50-1 or 1-2 for a while until you've built up. If you beat them consistently for a month or so then play a level where you have a 300 BB roll or better.
Good luck |
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Re: Bankroll size
[ QUOTE ]
If poker is your only income, I've read 500BB plus 2 months expenses. edit: play for 6 more months before you do this. DO NOT quit your day job (if you have one) [/ QUOTE ] Wow, reef actually posted something useful! Anyway, this is the formula I use, although I don't recommend quitting your day job until you are making 3-4x your job-income at poker. |
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