Money and limits

[HandHack1]

I have $700. At what table (limit) should I be playing with this bankroll?

[jojobinks]

live or online? what game? limit/NL?

[HandHack1]

Online for the most part. Limit poker.

[Brain]

Common thought is to keep 300BBs for the limit you play. So give 1/2 a shot and move down to 0.50/1 if it's not going well.

Check out the Beginners' Forum for more stuff too.

[JoshuaD]

1/2 limit. 300BB's is a good bankroll.

[HandHack1]

Wow! I am actually at the 2/4 tables and doing quite well. The reason I was asking is b/c I was thinking of moving up to 3/6 or 5/10 but fear my $$$ cannot handle the swings at the moment.

The other reason being is that the players at lower limits are just too loose and I do better at the 2/4's but, currently these tables are becoming loose and I see players making miracle fluches and straights with hands they should otherwise throw away.

[topbrelan]

Hi there,

Even 2-4 is a stretch - you could do a single buy-in at 3-6 or 5-10 but on bad run and you'd be down like half your bankroll...I'm sitting at like 3K and still only play 3-6 / 4-8 or 1-2 NL. Good luck!

You want people to chase their miracle runner runners but without an adequate bankroll, you can't expect a long term +EV to outlast your own short money.

[JoshuaD]

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Wow! I am actually at the 2/4 tables and doing quite well. The reason I was asking is b/c I was thinking of moving up to 3/6 or 5/10 but fear my $$$ cannot handle the swings at the moment.

The other reason being is that the players at lower limits are just too loose and I do better at the 2/4's but, currently these tables are becoming loose and I see players making miracle fluches and straights with hands they should otherwise throw away.

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The worse your opponents are the more profitable it is for you. If you don't believe/know that, do NOT move up to 5/10 or 3/6. I'm not kidding.

2/4 is a stretch, it's easy to drop 300 in a night there, and that's nearly half your bankroll. I had 1200$ when I first moved up to 2/4, and stayed there until I had about 2500$. When I was 8-tabling 3/6 I had 600BB's in my BR, and now that I"m 4-tabling 5-10 6max, I've got 500BB's.

Having a huge bankroll is a good thing. Don't rush up the limits.

[HandHack1]

yup, i know that. But. Somehow, someway they always make it to those miracle draws against my pairs!

[topbrelan]

then it'll hurt that much more when you lose a $75-100 pot then a $30-40 one