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HOLD 'EM or FOLD 'Em February 3, 2006
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INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING YOUR POKER BANKROLL
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The sad fact is that 90% of online poker players lose money
in the long run. This is due to several things, primarily
the rake. But as a poker player, there is nothing you can
do about the rake, it will always be there. You need to
focus on the things that you can control. New poker players
often make errors in how they ration their bankroll. I
certainly did when I began playing.
I remember a while back when I began playing poker online,
I only had a $200 bankroll to begin with. If I lost it, I
decided that I would not give poker a shot again for a year.
I had worked my bankroll up to around $390 after a week of
playing low stakes sit and go tournaments, and I decided
to play some 2-4 limit Hold-em. I figured the amount of
money I had was sufficient to play at these stakes. After
dropping $100 in an hour, I was thinking differently.
For limit Hold-em, a sufficient bankroll is at least 300
Big Bets. (A Big Bet is the amount of money wagered on
fourth and fifth street when the betting limits double.
So for 2-4 Hold-em, you should have a MINIMUM bankroll
of $1200.) After having some of the experiences that I
have had, I would advocate actually have 500 Big Bets at
your disposal so you never have to worry during your
bad days.
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BUILDING YOUR POKER BANKROLL cont'd...
I was lucky enough to quit playing the 2-4 limit and
return to my low stakes Sit and Go Tournaments before
any serious harm was done, but many people are not this
lucky. I was talking to my friend the other day who
attends Colorado University. He was venting about how
he could not win consistently playing 1-2 limit on Party
Poker. When I asked him what his bankroll was, he told
me it was $200. I told him what I will tell anyone who
is under funded to play at the limits they are playing
at; you need to find a way to build your bankroll before
you play there. Obviously this is easier said than done,
so let’s go over how a bankroll should be built.
IF YOUR STARTING BANKROLL IS:
$200 or less...
You should really be playing stakes around $.5-1.00 limit
or playing $5 Sit and Go Tournaments (SNG's). Beware that
some $5 SNG's have an absurd $1 entry fee, which equates
to a 20% rake. This is why I like beginning player to have
enough money to play $10 SNG's, which in my opinion requires
a bankroll of around $400. You should never open an online
account with less than $150. With less than that, you don’t
have a sufficient amount to encounter some bad beats and
have enough money to avoid going bust.
$500-900...
Now you have a healthy starting bankroll. Consider playing
some $.5-1.00 games to feel out the competition. If you
don’t have any problems there, as soon as you have $1000
in your bankroll, go ahead and move up toe $1-2 limit, the
competition will not really be much better. $10 SNG's are
also a good option for getting some experience without
risking the bankroll and making some gradual, consistent
money.
$1000 or more...
Congratulations! You have a healthy starting bankroll. You
should experiment with $.5-1.00 or $10 SNG's for the first
week or so just to feel the competition out. If you feel
confident, go ahead and jump up to the $1-2 Limit or the
$20 SNG's.
***If you are a no-limit player who would rather play cash
games than SNG's, here are my suggested guidelines. You
should buy into a game with around 100 times the big blind.
Your bankroll should consist of at least 20 buy-ins of 100
big blinds. So if you want to play $.10-.25 No-Limit your
bankroll should be around $500.***
FINAL POKER ADVICE
These guidelines are pretty conservative. However you will
learn quickly that is always better to be conservative when
dealing with your bankroll, because once it is lost it's
gone forever. I have only made 1 deposit at Party Poker and
I never intend to have to make another one. Remember to
always be patient; Rome wasn’t built in a day. When I started
playing online poker, I was thrilled to grind out $10/ hour,
which was what I was pulling down bussing tables at my job.
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FINAL POKER ADVICE cont'd...
I had some frustrating experiences, but within 5 months I
was making over $100/ hour playing online poker. (Needless
to say I left my job) That is a good amount of money for
anyone, let alone someone who has yet to finish college.
Don’t expect things to develop over night, because then
you will be setting yourself up to fail. However if you are
patient and build your bankroll consistently, it will allow
you to gradually move of up in stakes and increase your
earnings just as I did. Remember that almost nobody wins
huge amounts of money when they begin playing. Poker guru
Howard Lederer admits it actually took him two years to beat
the low limit games before he could move up.
The best advice I can ever give you is don't over extend
yourself. Play well, and when you have more than enough to
move up, move up. By playing only games that are within
your limits, you give yourself a much better chance of
being a winning poker player. Next week I will look into
strategies that will make you a consistent winner at low
stakes Sit and Go Tournaments.
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