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  1. mabedi mabedi is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 10:57am)

    I'm currently at university at this time and will be playing poker full-time when during the summer break which begins from End of April till September. Last summer I did this playing online only and made some decent money. This time, I want to play online on Mondays-Thursdays, Sunday and go to the casino on Fridays and Saturdays playing $5/5 NL. The max buyin for this is $500. How much of a bankroll should I have for this stake considering I will be going only two days a week. Is $15,000 enough to be playing this or is somewhere around $25,000 more suitable. My bankroll management for online is minimum 40-buyins but that is online where I play 6-8 tables and therefore there is a higher variance. In general, I know it depends on the person and what they are comfortable playing but I guess I'm just gauging what people on this forum think.

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  2. mabedi mabedi is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 2:02pm) in reply to mabedi

    bump, anyone with any ideas?
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  3. R_U_Nuts R_U_Nuts is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 2:16pm) in reply to mabedi

    Go to the Pokerroad radio. Bart Hanson has a cash game show and back when it first started he did a couple of shows about live BR. I want to say his suggestion was 6 months living expenses and then 25-30 buy ins but I could be wrong.
  4. fstick77 fstick77 is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 3:45pm) in reply to mabedi

    As a general observation, the play at the live tables is very soft to the online play. In fact, playing the 1 cent/2 cent on pokerstars can be a lot tougher than the 100NL, 200NL tables live. Having said that, you probably want to go with 50 buy-ins ($25,000) just in case you suffer a significant number of bad beats, which you will. Have you considered playing a lower limit starting out, just to sort of gauge the competition at your casino?
  5. mabedi mabedi is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 6:52pm) in reply to fstick77

    The casino I usually play at is niagara fallsview and level of play there is absolutely horrid. I can't play 1/2NL (for this I would have to travel to another casino and I'm down on 1/2nl live cause I play like a fish at this stake). They have a 2/5nl table with a buy-in of max $300 but the players there are so nitty it's more profitable to buyin on a 5/5nl for $300 and be shortstacked rather than buying in for max at 2/5nl cause of all the nits around.
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  6. bluffslv bluffslv is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 7:24pm) in reply to mabedi

    15,000 (30 buy ins) is enough if you have extra in the bank to live off. I wouldn't worry unless you have problems with tilt. I would probably utilize the rule of down 2 buy ins leave, up 5-6 buy ins leave.

    Don't need as many buy ins live because you see less hands/can't multi table etc. So if 40 is fine online for you, then 30 live will be fine.

    GL at the tables.
  7. wvu138 wvu138 is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 9:50pm) in reply to bluffslv

     
    Originally Posted by bluffslv View Post

    15,000 (30 buy ins) is enough if you have extra in the bank to live off. I wouldn't worry unless you have problems with tilt. I would probably utilize the rule of down 2 buy ins leave, up 5-6 buy ins leave.

    Don't need as many buy ins live because you see less hands/can't multi table etc. So if 40 is fine online for you, then 30 live will be fine.

    GL at the tables.

    Please do not leave when you are up. Unless you really screw around when you are up a lot, or you are not comfortable playing very deepstacked. Otherwise this is horrible advice. Normally you are playing your best when you are winning a lot. Why would you ever want to leave the table when you are playing your best?
  8. bluffslv bluffslv is offline

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    Jan 24th, 2009 (1/24/2009 10:09pm) in reply to wvu138

    I started doing it because Phil Ivey does, and it has done wonders for my live bankroll. Do what you want, just thought it would be good since he is limited to 30 buy ins.
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