bankroll how much is needed

I am playing low stakes 0.50/1.00 dollar no limit holdem.

i am just wondering what peoples idea of a reasonable bankroll needed for this game to allow for swings.

$300

Originally Posted by hypermegachi

$300

$300 for a .5/1 NL game? You're nuts dude. The buyin at that table will be something to the tune of $100.

Using 'rilla's rules of thumb, minimum of $1k. Probably better off with closer to $2k.

- Jeffrey

Originally Posted by hypermegachi

$300

he said no limit holdem!

$1200 BARE minimum.

$1500 recommended.

Oh and hyper got pwnt :P

::cries for getting no "OMG SNAPZ!"::

Then again...to have pwnt someone as good as Hyper...

i would agree with the rest for about 1200-1500.
300 you might be able to play at the 10--25 no limit tables.

peace
wwonka

I think I wanna have 2-3 k in my BR before I hit those tables.

i tried playing in one with about 7-800

but after playing there for twenty minutes and cashing out 20 bucks to dry clean my pants i decided to go back to .25/.50

bah damn it....

stupid multi tasking and speed reading!!!

30x the buyin

Originally Posted by hypermegachi

bah damn it....

stupid multi tasking and speed reading!!!

30x the buyin

Wrong again!!

Rilla recommends 12-15 buyins, maybe 20 for 6-max.

Originally Posted by johnnyawe

Originally Posted by hypermegachi

bah damn it....

stupid multi tasking and speed reading!!!

30x the buyin

Wrong again!!

Rilla recommends 12-15 buyins, maybe 20 for 6-max.

I´d say 12-15 buy-ins + the psychological maturity of losing $400 in one day without starting to play bad.

bleh....it really does depend on how good the player is and your own comfort zone.

for any beginner i think 300BB limit or 30x NL ring will prevent them from going bust and will allow them to play without being "scared"

i do think however if you're a proven winning playing you can cut that bankroll down to 150BB and 15x.

It seams to me that these bankroll figures are often 50% smoke and mirrors. Like people who set their alarm clocks 10 minutes fast to "trick" themselves into getting up on time. Maybe it works for a little while, but not for long.

Example:
You want to have X to play that, but if you get down to half of it... drop in limits or cash out or whatever.

Obviously 1/2 of X was never meant to be use as part of the bankroll.. its just a psycological(sp?) thing. Maybe it works for other people, but I can't fool myself with this kind of thinking.

I wish there were a way to have two buckets of money on the sites. One for bankroll, the other for winnings. Use pool 1 for paying for X buyins, and all winnings end up in pool 2, rinse, repeat.

I'm really not sure if you need that much for a bankroll... I seemed to play fine with a tiny tiny bankroll on interpokers lowest NL limits (.5/1) and even at partypoker... In fact, I've never had a bankroll of 30x the buy in and I'm still doing fine!

After much deliberation. I've decided to make it 15-30 buyins to be bankrolled. It's a wide range, I know. 15 is if you're just playing 1 or 2 tables. For 3 or 4, you should be rolling with atleast 20-25. 30+ for the heavy pros.

-'rilla

I like 20-30 , if you are 4-8 tabling like i sometimes do you need 30!