bkroll building question

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Constantly taking shots while underbankrolled(seriously). Usually having 100 BB and trying at a limit, if I lose 50 bb then step back down.
-Jaems

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I agree.

If you're not playing for a living, or you're a pro but you're playing at limits higher than the lowest limit you'd need to meet your expenses and have some non-BR money set aside to keep you going for a few months, taking shots is the fastest way to move up.

If you're trying to churn out 6,000 as fast as possible with very little risk, 5/10 (6max) is the way to go. If you don't mind the risk of running bad and having to step down, just start the 15 now.

In a more general sense, I think players just starting out in online poker who are unwilliing to invest a lot of money ought to look at capped buyin NL games. Moving up/down at 10 buyin thresholds in 50 BB maxbuy games is probably the fastest way to move up to a decent 3/6 or 5/10 limit roll. More importantly, NL is a much easier game to learn.

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[Justin A]

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More importantly, NL is a much easier game to learn.


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It's easier to learn as long as you're talking about capped buy-in games. It's definitely the easiest game to beat with very little experience because you can literally wait for the nuts and show a profit.

Justin A

[Justin A]

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i voted other...

and now i will reveal a big secret !

The fastest and easiest way to build a roll is by VISA.

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You actually had me laughing out loud about this one.

Justin A

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It's easier to learn as long as you're talking about capped buy-in games. It's definitely the easiest game to beat with very little experience because you can literally wait for the nuts and show a profit.


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Uncapped games are still nowhere near as complex as limit games of equivalent size.

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[Justin A]

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Uncapped games are still nowhere near as complex as limit games of equivalent size.

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Since I have no experience in either game, I can't refute what you're saying, but I'd like to hear others weigh in on this. I find it hard to believe. I don't remember which book, but I believe Sklansky rates NL Hold'em as the game requiring the most skill out of all poker games. I'm not 100% sure though.

Justin A

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If you want to see this argument in a 2p2 book, read Mason's essays on the differences between NL and limit in the Poker Essays books.

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[bugstud]

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I more or less did all of them and am sitting at the cusp of having a roll for 15/30 (12K) and was wondering how to best tack on another 6 or so to get it to a comfort zone.

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if you don't mind me asking, why is it now that you only have a 12k roll?

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[Sponger15SB]

that doesn't really answer my question very well, but whatever.

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why wouldn't it?

[James282]

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Uncapped games are still nowhere near as complex as limit games of equivalent size.

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Since I have no experience in either game, I can't refute what you're saying, but I'd like to hear others weigh in on this. I find it hard to believe. I don't remember which book, but I believe Sklansky rates NL Hold'em as the game requiring the most skill out of all poker games. I'm not 100% sure though.

Justin A

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I'm pretty sure that this isn't true.
-James