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Brodie
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11-28-2004, 06:26 AM
Post subject: Session bankroll
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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While reading a post in another forum, something occurred to me: I play in B & M card rooms quite a bit because they are easy for me to get to. But being they are accessible for me, I tend to not bring large amounts of cash to each visit, while I see the people who had to go through some effort to get there (tourists), routinely rebuying almost as if they were printing money back home.
Most of these people cannot be pushed out of a pot, even in NL, so the games end up being very challenging for me. I think the combination of my aggression, their random calling (lots of suckouts, as you'd expect), and my unwillingness to rebuy again and again is a bad formula. I know I'll make money from these types of people in the long run, but should I be rebuying and trying to make money from them right now? As it stands now, I'll go play and either do pretty well or get busted out having bought in no more than twice.
So, the root of the question is: how much of your bankroll should you be willing to risk in any given session? And if you're not willing to risk much of it in a given night, does it make any sense to even try to play against people with virtually unlimited rebuy tolerance?
I'm posting this here because I'm in this position all the time in B & M card rooms and not so much online (I think that's because in B & M people tend not to move tables, so I end up witnessing the rebuys over and over again).
Thanks!
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Brodie
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Les_Worm
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Join Date: May 2004
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I play alot of B & M now. Mainly because I haven't had a losing session. I play 6/12 and buy in with $360. Thats 30BB and if I were to lose that I would call it a day and go home.
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SteveO
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The answer is really what are you comfortable with in terms of losses, assuming that you have a bad day and go bust. I've heard other recommedations for limit of on 6-8 hour session = 40 big bets, maybe 50 max. So for 5/10 limit which I play, I buy in for $400.
For NL, I would be prepared to blow through 2 max buy-ins, maybe three if you take some bad beats and feel that you can still beat the competition.
If money is not the object, the second factor is the table conditions. If you are at a solid/tight table and you fall way behind, move or call it a day. Even if you rebuy your chances are slim that you will catch up, cut your losses and wait for a better spot. If you are at a loose wild table, rebuy and go for the big score.
Another rule of thumb is not to loose more in one session than you can expect to win in one session. So if you buy into a 5/10 limit game and lose 400 you should probably go home. This rule can change quite a bit in NL, but once you lose that second or third buyin, I would quit.
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