sitting down at a $1/$2 NL table?

I was thinking $200 would be sufficient to play with....

what do you suggest?

If you're talking about playing 1/2 regularly the general gudelines I've read tend to be betwen 2,000-4,000 BB or betwen 4k-6k. I would think the 200 would be the minimum buy in at the table for 1 session.

Is this the same Scottie, that just posted flopping the nuts, then losing to a flush by not betting?

Bring 1000. You'll need it I'm sure.

Originally Posted by Diggler

Is this the same Scottie, that just posted flopping the nuts, then losing to a flush by not betting?

Bring 1000. You'll need it I'm sure.

yes! jerk. thanks for the advice, but i am not bringing more than i can afford to lose. so i will bring $300 tops. or maybe i'll just sit at a FL table.

Originally Posted by scottieboy

sitting down at a $1/$2 NL table?

I was thinking $200 would be sufficient to play with....

br = your funds for gamb00ling. what are you gunna do if you get AA and KK cracks it? now all your $ is gone. now you are sitting infront of the computer saying "shit i should been playing .05.-10nl iinstead".

you wanna play 1-2nl i suggest 3k minimum.

I didn't mean to be rude, as it's not my forte - but everyone else will agree.

#1 Your BR will not support the variance, with this amount you can sit at a limit table.
#2 If your posting hands that (unless it was a joke) clearly needs huge work, whereby you flop the nuts, and don't lose by a suckout - just through pure terrible betting/playing.
#3 You're new to the game, and trying to build a sustainable BR, and unless you have massive cash pile somewhere - stick to learning the game and building a small then medium then large BR.
#4 If you're asking if $200 is enough to sit down at 1/2 - u need to read an article that was brought up about online play in Cardplayer magazine with either Allen Cunnigham or Freddy Deeb on the front at www.carplayer.com

Don't want to be an asshole, but unless you are willing to start playing .05/.10 - you can throw your money away or take that same $200.00 and start with .1/.25 or maybe, maybe .25/.5 if yuo feel it's more appropriate. Good rule of thumb that I've used for myself for online is that if I have had 1 month of purely consecutive successful sessions, then I will move up to the next blind levels.

Gluck!

Bankroll is a self sustaining fund for gambling that should be able to support your LONG TERM gambling habit.


Bankroll is not the amount of money you think you can lose in an evening.

If you are not a winning player, or are not interested in a bankroll, and only want to play budget$200 for a trip to the casino, I would suggest only buying in for $50-$70.

If you want to SERIOUSLY play 1/2NL. you shouldn't walk in with less than $600 in your pocket, and really $1000.

I'm going to provide the original poster the benefit of the doubt and assume:
1) he is talking about sitting down at a live $1-2 limit table say in Vegas
2) $200 does not represent his entire bankroll

The answer is that $200 is a very common amount to sit down with as an initial buy-in at a $1-2 table in Vegas. In fact, some places that spread 1-2 have a cap on your buy-in, and that cap is often $200. Some places like, I believe, the Wynn do not have any cap. (And the Wynn's lowest is actually $1-3 NL but that is a side note.)

So yes, assumng you are talking about live 1-2, $200 is perfectly reasonable.

Oh, and if $300 is the most you want to lose, I would suggest playing limit only, either 2-4 or $1-3 spread limit at the excalibur.
If you can handle it, the only NL game I would suggest with $300 is the $50 max buy-in NL game at the Luxor. Lot's of all-ins at that game since the max buy-in is $50.