Bankroll management is a vastly underrated poker skill but is one of the most valuable around as without a bankroll you\u2019re out of the game. Often you\u2019ll see one size fits all advice telling you that you need \u2018x\u2019 amount of buy-ins. That\u2019s good as a baseline but I believe you should tailor your bankroll to your own requirements and what games you play.<\/p>\n
So here\u2019s the baseline numbers, for tournaments you should have at least 100 times your average buy-in. For cash games you should aim to have 50 times the buy-in so at NL5 you need $250 to comfortably play it and for sit and gos it really depends on what type you play but for nine man and six man sit and gos a bank of 65 buy-ins is a good starting point.<\/p>\n
But, all those numbers are starting points and should be adjusted upwards or downwards based on a these five factors:<\/p>\n
<\/b>Are you a pro? A casual player or somewhere inbetween? Basically how much do you need to rely on your poker<\/a> income for a living and how easy it is to replenish your bankroll through other income? If you\u2019re in the former camp then you need to protect your bankroll and have nittier bankroll considerations. Whilst if you can replenish your bankroll easily you can take more risks.<\/p>\n The bigger the field in tournaments the higher the variance. If you\u2019re constantly having to battle through thousands of players for a shot at the final table \u2013 where the big money is \u2013 you\u2019ll need a bigger bankroll.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re playing mostly turbo tournaments or sit and gos then you again will need to adjust your bankroll requirements up from the baseline number.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re playing heads-up pot-limit Omaha cash games the swings will be far higher than if you play full-ring limit hold\u2019em. You need a far bigger bankroll for pot-limit Omaha, which plays roughly twice as big as no-limit Hold\u2019em<\/a>. You\u2019ll need more buy-ins for six-max cash than for full-ring too.<\/p>\n Are you a loose fast playing risk taking type of player, or a carful methodical player who\u2019s adverse to risk taking? If it\u2019s the former you\u2019ll find yourself in far more high variance spots and need more money to ride out the inevitable variance.<\/p>\n The all new partypoker has introduced\u00a0a new Sunday tournament schedule<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0The key changes are the addition of an action-packed fun $10K Super Bounty and a wide range of new low buy-in tournaments featuring the best of the old but also new speed, rebuy, add-on and PLO tournaments \u2013 a great Sunday mix if you want to win top prizes and have fun playing tournament poker.<\/p>\n Get all the latest partypoker updates from your favorite social media outlets. You can\u00a0Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Like us on Facebook.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bankroll management is a vastly underrated poker skill but is one of the most valuable around as without a bankroll you\u2019re out of the game. Often you\u2019ll see one size fits all advice telling you that you need \u2018x\u2019 amount of buy-ins. That\u2019s good as a baseline but I believe you should tailor your bankroll<\/p>\n2.) Field size<\/b><\/h3>\n
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