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Originally Posted by nuxxx
Each to their own. Saying things like "If you can beat the level below there's no need for more than 10bi and you'll never go bust this way" is bad advice because you cannot predict variance and there's no certainty in poker. In 2010 I would agree with you but not anymore, games are tougher and as a result variance is much higher.
I used to implement a 20bi strategy for 25nl but there's no way I'd do it anymore. We can agree to disagree.
Sorry no agreeing to disagree. I assume you have misunderstood so I will explain in more detail.
$250 is 10BI at 25nl, if we drop to $160 we drop down (so ~4BI shot)
$160 is 10BI at 16nl, if we drop to $100 we drop down (so ~4BI shot)
$100 is 10BI at 10nl, if we drop to $50 we drop down (so 5BI shot)
$50 is 10BI at 5nl, if we drop down to $20 we drop down (so 6BI shot)
If we drop down to $0 we are bust (10BI shot)
If you are a winner at 25nl you are a bigger winner at 16nl, etc to the point where you should be crushing 5nl and 2nl so much that those swings are effectively 0. This method actually allows you to shot take effectively with very little risk to your roll. If OP is winning at 6bb/100 then 10BI downswings happen very rarely but OP almost definitely isn't winning at those rates unless he should be crushing much higher or has a special site to play on.
If you're a mental game fish, the type to build up a 2k roll and then tilt it off, then this method would probably be a bad idea for you as you wouldn't move down but then again so is having a poker roll at all.