Question on cash game levels....

[inopethflames]

i had been playing a lot of sngs & then i ran into a really bad luck streak where i could never ever have a hand hold up, so ive moved on to cash games for right now, what i was wondering is how do you know what level you should be playing at relative to your bankroll. i have about $900 right now and im playing $1-$2 6 handed. ive won a little bit since i started playing but is there a general rule about cash games where if you have $1k bankroll u play $1-$2, at $2k u play $2-$4, etc? anybody have any advice, thanks!!

[Kemics]

chris 'jesus' ferguson did a $0 into $10,000 challenge to highlight good bank roll management and i think he says you should never buy in for more than 2% of your bankroll.

i would probably move down a bit because at the moment if you have 4 BI downswing (can happen) you could decimate your BR

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

Are we talking limit or no limit? For $1/$2 NL, you need a LOT more than $1000, especially for 6-max.

[Yozman]

you should be playng 0.25-0.50 max with a 1k bankroll. u should hav at least 20 buy ins in your bankroll for the level u r playing

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

The general rule is this:

For LIMIT games, you should have between 200 (high risk) and 1000 (very conservative) big bets for the level you are playing. So to play $2/$4 limit, you should have at least $800 if you plan to play long term from a fixed bankroll, probably more (300-400 big bets is decent if you have a good edge in the game).

For NO LIMIT games, you should have somewhere between 20 (high risk) and 100 (very conservative) times whatever amount you choose to buy in. If the buy-in level is 100 big blinds, and you want to play that deep, your roll probably doesn't have to be quite as conservative as someone who only plays 50 big blinds deep. Also, a 6-max player should have a more conservative bankroll as the volatility is higher. So if you want to play $1/$2 No Limit and buy in for $200 each session, you need at least $4000, probably more.

[TheSalche]

+1 to Diamond_Cutter

Higher levels of play (anything beyond 100NL) have more variance than micro stakes, and thus you should have a bigger roll for those games unless you are a superuser.

[aleene]

There is a basic strategy for cash game in texas holdem just have a look.
There are some variation in limit and no limit game. In limit cash games, the general consensus seems to be that you should have a bankroll of about 300 big bets. So if your bankroll is $150, then a good game to play would be .25/.50.Tendency of no limit cash games are much more volatile, so when you do have a bad run of variance, you'll need more of a cushion. A typical no limit cash game player should have about 20 maximum buyins in his/her roll. The max buyin is usually 100 times the big blind, so that works out to 2,000 big blinds if you want to think of it that way. So if your bankroll is $500 a good limit to play would be .10/.25.
Once your bankroll can support higher limits, move up. If you have taken some losses, then don't be too proud to move down.
$750-$1,249 for $30 + $3 is a good metric i think.

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

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