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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Accurate Sit And Go Bank Roll Handling

By Alberto Lemasters


Good sit and go bankroll management is the most important factor in succeeding in poker. If you choose to play the variety of poker with the highest amount of variance, then you will need to prepare and handle your money in such a way that you are not effected by negative outcomes.

Even if you believe that you play perfect poker, it is not enough. There will be times when you get the money in good and lose. If there were not luck in poker there would be no fish playing. They play because sometimes they win hands, not because they play them well but because aces don't always hold up. Sometimes they get cracked.

If you take a look at the graphs on sharkscope you will see that even the very best Sit and Go players have downswings. It is the nature of the game. What enables you to ride out these swings is a proper bankroll.

Consider the feeling when you lose the fifth or sixth coin flip in a row. Perhaps it was the ever popular Aces getting cracked by some garbage hand. This wont be a problem as long as you are properly rolled to withstand the swings. Remember, that mathematically the better hand wins the money long term.

So how do you know how many buy-ins? As a rule the more entrants the more buy-ins. If you're playing 9 man sit and goes you might feel comfortable playing with 50. If you are playing the 45 man you will want 100 buy ins and for the 180 man SNG's you will want two hundred plus buy ins.

The next factor is something that many people fail to consider. The higher the buy in the better the competition. You are not going to get people to stack off super light in the higher buy ins. There are more pro's playing and less fish. Therefore it would be wise to increase the buy in requirements when playing higher.

Because a higher buy in level requires a larger bankroll it is imperative that you change your views on cashing out. IF you are someone who is constantly cashing out profits, consider the problem with that line of thinking. You will never improve your win rate because you will never have a roll large enough to get into the bigger games. You want to get into the higher buy in games in order to make a more substantial profit, but this requires building your roll and not immediately cashing out a profit.




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