Soft games outside of BR

EvilPingu

Saw a £16.50 DYM yesterday with 2 players that I recognised, both of them I consider to be weaker regs @ the £1.15 and £2.25 levels - However, I only have a small bankroll (Just over £100), and for that reason, I decided against playing it. As it turns out, the game never started, as everyone de-registered after nobody else joined.

My question is: How much should I be willing to play out of my bankroll if I see a really weak game at a higher level? 

Dudeskin8

Even if it's REALLY weak your cash percentage in that single game is still not going to be much over say 65% purely due to the fact that you'll probz need to win a race or 60/40 unless you get a lucky double up early doors.

WHOAMI196

BR is over-rated at the micro levels imo, my first real deposit was about 60 quid on sky, i played 5/10, and a tourney here and there. I don't recommend this, but at the time i could realistically afford 120 a month poker money, so if i went broke i would re-load or wait until pay-day, luckily for me i only had to make that one deposit.

The point i am making is, if you can afford to go broke, in other words if you could replenish your funds without financial trauma, you can go for the high-risk-reward strategy approach. On the other hand if you are putting hard-earned cash at hard times, then you need to follow strict br management.

Answer to you'r question; entirely up to you m8.

Dudeskin8

In Response to Re: Soft games outside of BR:

BR is over-rated at the micro levels imo, my first real deposit was about 60 quid on sky, i played 5/10, and a tourney here and there. I don't recommend this, but at the time i could realistically afford 120 a month poker money, so if i went broke i would re-load or wait until pay-day, luckily for me i only had to make that one deposit. The point i am making is, if you can afford to go broke, in other words if you could replenish your funds without financial trauma, you can go for the high-risk-reward strategy approach. On the other hand if you are putting hard-earned cash at hard times, then you need to follow strict br management. Answer to you'r question; entirely up to you m8.
Posted by WHOAMI196

Yep this is basically a budget i.e. the money you can afford to lose at poker, for a strategy where you'll go broke most times this important as it avoids financial problems in real life, a winning poker strategy however tries to avoid 'going broke' by playing games that won't drastically affect your roll and therefore you shouldn't have to EVER reload.

Poker_Fail

If you could play and lose and still have a bankroll capable of playing your usual "grind" then there's no harm  :P

rancid

In Response to Re: Soft games outside of BR:

In Response to Re: Soft games outside of BR : Yep this is basically a budget i.e. the money you can afford to lose at poker, for a strategy where you'll go broke most times this important as it avoids financial problems in real life, a winning poker strategy however tries to avoid 'going broke' by playing games that won't drastically affect your roll and therefore you shouldn't have to EVER reload.
Posted by Dudeskin8

Important bit

barnsie

" is over-rated at the micro levels imo, my first real deposit was about 60 quid on sky, i played 5/10, and a tourney here and there. I don't recommend this, but at the time i could realistically afford 120 a month poker money, so if i went broke i would re-load or wait until pay-day, luckily for me i only had to make that one deposit.

The point i am making is, if you can afford to go broke, in other words if you could replenish your funds without financial trauma, you can go for the high-risk-reward strategy approach. On the other hand if you are putting hard-earned cash at hard times, then you need to follow strict br management.

Answer to you'r question; entirely up to you m8."

spot on this tbh

i see a lot of players on here who are seemingly recreational but employ stricter bm than pros on here or so it appears. This is all well and good but one question are you enjoying your poker?

Unless you plan on doing this for a living and improving you are very very very unlikely to grind a sizeable roll from multi tabling 2p 4p for 6 hours an evening

Dudeskin8

@ barnsie - The way I view it is I personally would prefer grinding up slowly and building a proper roll and not having any pressure to constantly reload. I currently play DYM's and yes shock-horror I do enjoy playing them (even at a smallish buy in) and the main reason for that is losing doesn't affect me due to good BRM.

Some players who I play clearly have to reload VERY regulary because they are losing money according to SS plus just making poor decisions, so now I'd ask you would you enjoy poker knowing you HAVE to pump money in to the site in order to play, maybe you would but for me it would just just feel like mindless gambling.

And on the subject of multi-tabling NL4, it's fairly simple stuff you do that till you have a roll for NL8 then play that then move to NL10 etc not hard really, I've done it and so have many others.

devonfish5

have to agree with Dudeskin,
as i have earned nearly £800
from grinding @nl4,
and low stake dym,s.
i am very strict with my brm
and why shouldn,t i be
as i have spent many nights playing for 6 hours and more.
i,m not just going to give it away,am i?
and as it goes,yes i am enjoying my poker.

i might only be a small fish in a big sea,
but no shark will ever catch me!...lol