Desired Bank Roll

[p@t@dds]

I play at Stars and I'm currently playing on the $0.10/$0.20 tables. I usually play three tables at a time and I want to move up to the $0.25/$0.50 tables. What is a good starting bankroll for that level to play three tables? 400xbb? 500xbb? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[MrWookie47]

As per the FAQ at the top of the page, the recommended minimum roll is 300 BB's. If that seems too small, then there is nothing wrong with waiting until you have a 500 BB roll. Waiting too long, however, is -EV, because you're winning less than you could be winning. OTOH, you don't want to move up too early and blow your roll against the tougher opposition. Make sure you're comfortable with both your skills and your roll.

[p@t@dds]

Thanks wookie. I saw that in the FAQ, but I was wondering if you're playing 3 tables at the limit, what a good cushion over the 300 bb's would be. I'm comfortable with my skills, just don't want to jump up too early and have to drop back down when a bad streak hits because I didn't have enough BR to cover three tables. Would a decent formula be 300xbb for one table and then 100xbb for each additional table you play?

[MrWookie47]

That's not really necessary. Playing more tables does not increase variance. It only increases the number of hands per hour. This means you can drop more BB in less time, but you can also drop just as many BB over more time (but same # of hands) if you single table. I tend to sit w/ 50 BB, so I couldn't play more than 6 tables w/ that roll, but it's not a higher variance move to do that.

[p@t@dds]

Thanks for the info Wookie. Really appreciate it.

Is there any reason (read: advantage) for sitting with 50BB as opposed to the 25 that Partypoker picks by default when you pick a seat?

Steve

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Is there any reason (read: advantage) for sitting with 50BB as opposed to the 25 that Partypoker picks by default when you pick a seat?

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Buying in short/big at limit is a debatable advantage/disadvantage at best. Only at the extremes does it seem to affect your tablemates' behavior: a 200 BB stack might cause some opponents to tighten up against you, and a 10 BB stack might cause them to play you more aggressively.

At Party I usually just do the default 25 BB, and rebuy in the rare event that I get down to 12 BB.

The default amount varies between sites - at Stars the default it's unrealistically low (10 BB, I think) for some reason, and at UB it's 50 BB.

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[jrz1972]

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Is there any reason (read: advantage) for sitting with 50BB as opposed to the 25 that Partypoker picks by default when you pick a seat?

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I always buy in for 50 because I'm multitabling and I don't want to have to worry about rebuying. That's the only reason. Otherwise I don't think it matters.

[QuickLearner]

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Playing more tables does not increase variance.

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Agreed. Except that playing a new, higher limit at your normal number of tables (in the OPs case, three) may result in a much lower win rate. It's not strictly varience, but it's not pleasant, either. I advocate decreasing the number of tables you play when first moving up.

[SoftcoreRevolt]

Waiting until you are comfortable is never -EV. But yeah, at 500 BB unless you have a really good reason not to move up, it is time to move on up.

To the east side.