How much?

[Damian McKeon]

I have only experienced a little No Limit Holdem tournament style play.
What kinda bankroll do you need to comfortably sit down at say 1/3, 3/6,
10/20, and 30/60 games respectively? Thanks guys.

Debo

[carl]

"Damian McKeon" <txfire@austin.rr.com> wrote in message news:<y08Za.153453$XV.8107929@twister.austin.rr.com>...
> I have only experienced a little No Limit Holdem tournament style play.
> What kinda bankroll do you need to comfortably sit down at say 1/3, 3/6,
> 10/20, and 30/60 games respectively? Thanks guys.
>
> Debo

I assume you are talking limit poker? If so, 25x is a good start for
a single session. $75 at 1/3, $500 at 10/20 etc. As a bankroll,
multiply that by 10 again. ie, $5000 for 10/20. If you're quite good
you could get away with less, if you're not, you'll need a lot more.

[Easy E]

"Damian McKeon" <txfire@austin.rr.com> wrote in message news:<y08Za.153453$XV.8107929@twister.austin.rr.com>...
> I have only experienced a little No Limit Holdem tournament style play.
> What kinda bankroll do you need to comfortably sit down at say 1/3, 3/6,
> 10/20, and 30/60 games respectively? Thanks guys.
>
> Debo


i would start with whatever you are comfortable with as an initial
buyin and have a duplicate amount to back it up, but that's it.

[Jim Alder]

"Damian McKeon" <txfire@austin.rr.com> wrote in
news:y08Za.153453$XV.8107929@twister.austin.rr.com:

> I have only experienced a little No Limit Holdem tournament
> style play. What kinda bankroll do you need to comfortably sit
> down at say 1/3, 3/6, 10/20, and 30/60 games respectively?
> Thanks guys.

I played 3/6 last two nights and bought in for a hundred both
nights with a hundred or so cash in my pocket. That's usually
comfortable. First night was a slow starter, but I never got down
to the second hundred either night. I've never played 30/60 but I
would assume it would depend on the players and their money
situations.

[Drbase8934]

You need 300 times the big bet, 10/20 $6000; 1/3, $ 900 , that will allow you a
large enough bank rool to give yourself a fair chance.

[PigDog]

carl wrote:
> "Damian McKeon" <txfire@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:<y08Za.153453$XV.8107929@twister.austin.rr.com>...
>> I have only experienced a little No Limit Holdem tournament style
>> play.
>> What kinda bankroll do you need to comfortably sit down at say 1/3,
>> 3/6, 10/20, and 30/60 games respectively? Thanks guys.
>>
>> Debo
>
> I assume you are talking limit poker? If so, 25x is a good start for
> a single session. $75 at 1/3, $500 at 10/20 etc. As a bankroll,
> multiply that by 10 again. ie, $5000 for 10/20. If you're quite good
> you could get away with less, if you're not, you'll need a lot more.

If you're not any good I don't really think it matters how much you have :)

[Easy E]

drbase8934@aol.com (Drbase8934) wrote in message news:<20030809154851.23649.00001308@mb-m27.aol.com>...
> You need 300 times the big bet, 10/20 $6000; 1/3, $ 900 , that will allow you a
> large enough bank rool to give yourself a fair chance.

For one session? No way. Now, as a total bankroll, which is what I
think you're saying here? Yes way.

[Matthew Speed]

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 15:00:46 GMT, "Damian McKeon"
<txfire@austin.rr.com> wrote:

>I have only experienced a little No Limit Holdem tournament style play.
>What kinda bankroll do you need to comfortably sit down at say 1/3, 3/6,
>10/20, and 30/60 games respectively? Thanks guys.
>
The only answer to this is buyin to one game for whatever you are
comfortable with and have 3-4 times that for your bankroll. If you
have not played higher stakes poker you had best get comfortable
playing 3/6 or 4/8 first. I have played 10/20 for the better part of
a decade and I am thousands of dollars ahead. In spite of the fact
that I have the money in winnings to do so several times over the
buyin required for 30/60 makes me ill. I don't even think I could
play 30/60 for a while if I won the lottery. I am just not
comfortable betting that much yet even though I don't think twice
about reraising a $20 bet on the turn or river.

I personally would avoid playing anything lower than 3/6 and look to
move up as soon as you can. The rake at that level is a killer and
you will get beat by suck out hands (runner-runner flush, inside
straight draws) much more often because the price to call one more bet
is so much lower. I am not saying it won't happen at higher levels
but it will happen much less frequently and the opponents have to pay
a lot more to be bad players at that level.

BTW...Hook 'Em