Hi, I am a current 1/2 live player. I mostly play on local casino's, been playing poker since I was 18, I am 26 and now feel like I am getting a better understanding of the game.
My biggest problem has always been bankroll management It seems like for the past years the main reason for always going bust is that I never have enough buyins to stand for cooler's or badbeats when they happen. I took a break away from the tables, I am currently just reading and studying or watching videos. However I am thinking of getting back on the grind in Aug or Sept. I also play microstakes online, just to get a lot of hands in and too improve my live play. My plan is to grind out microstakes online until I reach a big enough bankroll then go back to playing live. My biggest mistake was when I played online or live I would always grind with a 5 buy in backroll . (Example: I played 5c/10c micro online with a $50 bankroll). This time I plan on grinding with at least a 20 buyin bankroll for online and a 10 buyin bankroll live. Please any comments or suggestions will help, thanks.

is your 10 buy-in live bankroll a lifetime bankroll or is it something you can replenish if you go busto again? bc 10 buy-in's is not enough if that was the case. Granted, 10 buy-in drawdowns (for most good players) are long and far between, but it's better to have 20 than 10, and it's also better to have 50 rather than 20.

If you have been starting with 10 buy-ins and repeatedly going bust, you've either been *very* unlucky or you may be playing no better than slightly above breakeven. It's true that with only 10 BI, you have a noticeable chance to bust before you double up, but one of those times you should have been able to build it up to a reasonable level, at which point your risk or ruin becomes close enough to 0 as to make no never mind.

(This assumes you didn't increase the stakes as you increased your BR so that you were effectively always under-capitalized, which would be a serious mistake.)

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