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 Too Much of a Good Thing, TooHighStr8, 19. Oct 2003 17:33 | ||
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| After much reading and practice online I dared play the 3/6 at the local B&M. I have only played 6 times, so I have a lot to learn. I like to buy-in for $250, $150 in white and the rest red. Is this too much or not enough? How can having too many chips in front of you be a bad thing? | ||
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| Re: Too Much of a Good Thing, Brian462, 19. Oct 2003 18:24 | ||
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| $250 is about right. I like ot buy in for $100 w/ another $100 in my pocket when playing 3-6. Just a note, a bad run or a kill pot can run through $200 pretty quickly. | ||
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| Re: Too Much of a Good Thing, 4 POKER, 19. Oct 2003 19:20 | ||
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| on 19. Oct 2003 17:33 TooHighStr8 wrote: > After much reading and practice online I dared play the 3/6 at the local B&M. I > have only played 6 times, so I have a lot to learn. I like to buy-in for $250, > $150 in white and the rest red. Is this too much or not enough? How can having > too many chips in front of you be a bad thing? Hi, I think your buy-in amount sounds fine. I think a bad thing would be to NOT have enough chips in front of you! If you're going to stay in the game (and you're playing well), if you should run low on chips, then I would always pull out more money in case I did get a good hand in which I wanted to 'make sure' that I had enough chips for all of the betting rounds. I also would want to make sure that I had enough chips in front of me so I could (possibly) knock out a few players by raising and/or re-raising the flop, turn and/or river. It gives you and your holding more protection, and it also allows you to maximize on the hand when the situation warrants it. (some players feel that if they few chips in front of them, that they'll be able to see the rest of the hand for a cheap price, but would have folded the hand for any substantial bets. And sometimes the all-in player gets lucky in situations like that)..... but for myself.... I'd still rather have enough chips to play the game and my hands correctly and effictively. (just my opinion). Keep learning the game. Read books....play low limits....get the experience you need, and just keep pluggin' away. (if the limits you're playing in seem too high for you, and you feel that you may need to start out smaller for now.....then play at a limit where you and your bankroll will feel comfortable playing at). Good luck. 4P- | ||
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| Re: Too Much of a Good Thing, mkpoker, 19. Oct 2003 19:37 | ||
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| I like Brian's approach a bit more. Buy in for $100 and if that stack dwindles, take stock of where you are. Was it just bad luck or are you playing poorly? Maybe the game has too many good players and you should try to switch tables? If you're convinced that your play is good and the table is good, then rebuy another $100 without hesitation. It's basically the same thing, but I find that forcing myself to evaluate my play when I'm losing (before rebuying) helps me detect if I'm tilting a bit. | ||
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| Re: Too Much of a Good Thing, KJo, 20. Oct 2003 13:57 | ||
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| Where I play, buying in for that much will make you look like a rookie. A rack of chips ($100) is more than sufficient, and is likely the most you'll see anyone buying in for at one time at a 3-6 table. Just keep the rest in your pocket, if you start running short you can always buy in for more. Not to mention that a 3-6 game is preferred (where I play anyway) to have one color chip, so buying in for two colors isn't advisable. Eli on 19. Oct 2003 17:33 TooHighStr8 wrote: > After much reading and practice online I dared play the 3/6 at the local B&M. I > have only played 6 times, so I have a lot to learn. I like to buy-in for $250, > $150 in white and the rest red. Is this too much or not enough? How can having > too many chips in front of you be a bad thing? | ||
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| Re: Too Much of a Good Thing, Blue Sky, 20. Oct 2003 17:21 | ||
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| Toohigh, The general buy in recomendation by most of the widely known experts is 20 to 30 big bets so for a $3/6 game your looking at $120 to $180 bucks. As far as buying different color chips - your fine...I've personally never saw a $3 or $6 chip so your going to have different colored chips in front of you after a round or two of play anyways. If your going to buy in short of the 20 minimum recomendation you might as well pull out the extra $100 from the start because you could burn through your original buyin in two large pots. Besides there are some psychological advantages to having a larger then normal stack such as portraying that money doesn't mean much to you and that your going to be a loose player or vice versa that your a good player and that you won that money on another table. Buy in for whatever makes you comfortable but make sure your not short stacked when you have the nuts. | ||
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