How to manage cash game bankroll for online poker?
Friday, March 6th, 2009
KGB asked:
I’m just wondering what anefficient bankroll management system is for online poker cash games..
-I multi-table between 8-12 tables for cash games short-handed (6max) tables with the max buy-in. I read and heard that you should keep at least 3x the max-buy in for each table (so for one table of like $3/6nl, you should have $1,800 just for that one table, 2 tables of $3/6 $5,400etc)..BUT, you shouldnt buy-in to a cash game with more than 5% of your total bankroll….So, with this being said, should you have a total bankroll of $14,400 to play like 8 tables of $3/6NL at 6max tables with each table having the max buy-in of $600?? <>
Should you have a total bankroll of like $288, 000 for a total of 8 tables playing $3/6NL 6max tables with each table with the $600 max buy-in and at least 3 buy-ins ($1800) for protection of each table??..because 5% of your total bankroll ($288, 000) is $14, 400, which is the total money for all 8 tables at play?
I mitesoundconfusingbutdoesanyoneunderstand
Well, I understand what a bankroll means, but by multi-tabling, I don’t want to risk my entire bankroll on the entire tables at play…I would like to have a comfortable amount of money in my balance that isn’t “in play” as a backup..in case if I run bad during a session and lose a few buy-ins on some tables..Also, I would like to not buy-in to a NL cash game with more than 5-10% of my bankroll (so for 3/6 NL 6Max, I would need at least $12k for only ONE table), but how would I go about doing this for multi-tabling like 8-12 tables and still keeping within that 5-10% bankroll range rule???
Thakns!
I’m just wondering what anefficient bankroll management system is for online poker cash games..
-I multi-table between 8-12 tables for cash games short-handed (6max) tables with the max buy-in. I read and heard that you should keep at least 3x the max-buy in for each table (so for one table of like $3/6nl, you should have $1,800 just for that one table, 2 tables of $3/6 $5,400etc)..BUT, you shouldnt buy-in to a cash game with more than 5% of your total bankroll….So, with this being said, should you have a total bankroll of $14,400 to play like 8 tables of $3/6NL at 6max tables with each table having the max buy-in of $600?? <
Should you have a total bankroll of like $288, 000 for a total of 8 tables playing $3/6NL 6max tables with each table with the $600 max buy-in and at least 3 buy-ins ($1800) for protection of each table??..because 5% of your total bankroll ($288, 000) is $14, 400, which is the total money for all 8 tables at play?
I mitesoundconfusingbutdoesanyoneunderstand
Well, I understand what a bankroll means, but by multi-tabling, I don’t want to risk my entire bankroll on the entire tables at play…I would like to have a comfortable amount of money in my balance that isn’t “in play” as a backup..in case if I run bad during a session and lose a few buy-ins on some tables..Also, I would like to not buy-in to a NL cash game with more than 5-10% of my bankroll (so for 3/6 NL 6Max, I would need at least $12k for only ONE table), but how would I go about doing this for multi-tabling like 8-12 tables and still keeping within that 5-10% bankroll range rule???
Thakns!
