What do you buy in for at your cash game?
Joshua K
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Just wanting a general consensus of what you may buy in for in your cash game. Do you buy-in for the max? Min? Or, somewhere in between?
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bigburge10
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I come in for the max and re-up when I fall below the max--at my regular place, this is 160bb's.
There is a casino near me that allows players to match the big stack at the table. With 3 casinos in my area, this particular casino attracts a very weak player pool and I usually match the biggest stack there. -
bigburge10
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At the places I play, outside of the place that allows players to match the big stack, the biggest buy in is 160BB--and most are 100BB.
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SplitSuit
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100bb if I feel rusty.
Max when I don't.My new book lays out the playbook for AK. Grab your copy and start Optimizing Ace King!
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150-250bb deep in 2/5
Wow, 66BB - gross.
This is generally accepted to be a bad stack size to willingly buy in for, due to the awkward SPRs often encountered, etc.
But if everyone does it - comments on possible exploits?
Right but, 100bb isn't really shallow stack right? I guess mid-stack or more accurate. But perhaps the majority of players would be short stack due to only buying in with mid-stacks.
I'll add short stack poker somewhere in my long list of things I need to study.
Short stack poker is very well worth studying, even if you never have a short stack yourself. (You will certainly encounter opponents with short stacks, and then effectively you are playing a short stack.)
The shallower you get, the simpler the poker gets (I didn't say easier, but it is probably that too.) The deeper you get, the more complicated and thus most people think the most skill required. But certainly short stack poker requires different skills than deep stacked poker.
Bankroll/budget considerations aside, I think your choice of buy in should be commensurate with your skill set and/or your opponents'.
Get used to some 50bb max buy in online for instance and get comfortable with that is one way to do it. Also if you've got some experience in MTTs then 66bb is something you should be able to work with. Just make sure to work around with the SPR when you're making the decisions.
@persuadeo ... since two people agreed and 3 others thought this was "pro advice"
does that mean that the consensus is that you're correct?
but if that's true... then that would mean that you're advice is wrong.... because you have a consensus about how not to follow the consensus... so then should I follow a consensus??
damn, I'm confused!
More calisthenics on Dagobah for you.
besides his pots got the most votes... so seems like that would be a consensus...