Poker pro.

[ACE2M]

Limit is a much faster game to progress up the levels at than NL for sure

Why? Every day I read about another 19 year old who's gone from .50/1 to 50/100NL in 6 months or less.

I am only exagerating slightly seriously why limit?

smaller variance and less br required?

[byronkincaid]

variance is smaller in NL

[Royal Flush]

I think with limit the basics dont change to much, where as NL the game wildy changes as you move to the top limits.

[Gryff]

Simple, your bankroll requirements for limit are 300-500 bbs, for no limit they are 2000-3000bbs. ( cash games ).
Its much easier to play your way up at limit rather than building up your "take your shot" fund to move up in NL.
You have to make 10 times more with only a slightly higher winrate to move up in NL unless you want to take risks.

Why do I play limit? Because I only started playing 8 months ago and jumped on the NLHE bandwagon like the fishcake I was, I got lucky and made it to 4x my original deposit after almost going broke ( low point of $1.67 ), then decided to try Omaha, Omaha 8, Stud, Stud 8, and I am currently playing the game I'm most comfortable at ( Stud 8 ).

I turned my $55 deposit into whats now my bankroll. I've withdrawn $750 and I have around $1k right now as my roll. Once I make it up to $1300-1400 ish I'll be attempting to move up to the $2/4 game and moving back down to the $1/2 if my roll drops to $1000 or less.

[thetank]

I like 6 months of expenses in the bank on top of any bankroll.


(I best get busy then)

[Wardonkey]

Mark Blades book, 'Professional Poker', gives excellent bankroll advice.

I started short and got lucky. One reason I specialise in STTs is that they have a lower variance and therefore lower bankroll requirements than other forms of the game. I started concentrating on them by neccessity, have been reasonably successful and they have continued to be my main source of income.

[matt674]

Then Tikay can take you on Parkinson and reveal to the world there is a poker playing monkey.

The amount of TV coverage Tikay is getting at the moment by the time i turn professional he will have taken over from Parkinson!!

[bolt pp]

My poker finances are a complete mess yet i struggle through somehow.

unless your able to got out on the circit a lot making a living at online poker can become the most laborious,tedious, boring way of earning a crust imaginable.

[Dubai]

A recent conversation had me wondering, what sort of bankroll do you need to start as an on-line pro. I realise it's hugely dependant on your level of living, but for arguments sake lets just say you are leaving a £25k p.a job (net £400 a week income).

It depends.....

What games you are going to play, and how good you are.

Flushy is right here. If you are terrible you will lose no matter what the roll. And depending on game choice, the size of roll needed is hugely different.

[matt674]

making a living at online poker can become the most laborious,tedious, boring way of earning a crust imaginable.

I can think of hundreds of worse ways to try and earn a living than sitting in the comfort of your own home for a few hours a day in front of a laptop playing a game that is enjoyable!!

[matt674]

Flushy is right here. If you are terrible you will lose no matter what the roll. And depending on game choice, the size of roll needed is hugely different.

Surely if you are terrible though you wouldnt consider throwing away your main source of income (and the only source of income that funds your poker) to become a poker professional!!

[bolt pp]

making a living at online poker can become the most laborious,tedious, boring way of earning a crust imaginable.

I can think of hundreds of worse ways to try and earn a living than sitting in the comfort of your own home for a few hours a day in front of a laptop playing a game that is enjoyable!!

It wasnt the most well constructed post and your estimate of 100 more boring ways to earn a living is a modest one.

the point i was trying to make is that it can all to easily transform from being something you love to do, to something  you have to do, and that can be eminently disenchanting.

[Royal Flush]

Flushy is right here.

Just going to print that out and frame it....

[thetank]

I think with limit the basics dont change to much, where as NL the game wildy changes as you move to the top limits.

I disagree, Limit is a completely different game at higher limits too.

Only a couple of players see the flop instead of 6/7. Contesting much more pots heads up means theres far more physcology/betting pattern adjusting/bluff re-re raising going on. At low limits, you simply need to peddle the nuts.

[Royal Flush]

I think with limit the basics dont change to much, where as NL the game wildy changes as you move to the top limits.

I disagree, Limit is a completely different game at higher limits too.

Only a couple of players see the flop instead of 6/7. Contesting much more pots heads up means theres far more physcology/betting pattern adjusting/bluff re-re raising going on. At low limits, you simply need to peddle the nuts.

I am talking about the diffrence between 2-4 and 20-40, its not as big as the gap between 1-2NL and 10-20NL