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Originally Posted by lindridge
(Played about 70 hours). I am heading upto the Vic on Friday to play my first 1/1 session and see what happens. What bankroll to you believe is needed to play the 1/2's in London? Aggressive 30bb-50bb. I am wanting 75BB personally (£15,000). P.s I will check out them freerolls as well
OK, just some advice from an old-timer...
Anything can happen within a 70 hour time frame so - agreed, not a good yardstick. As to bankroll, how long is a piece of string? This has a lot to do with personal preference. Are you working? Full-time / Part-time? How much do you earn? How many hours can you put in per month? How much is your rent and other outgoings? How much are you buying in for? The list goes on. Also, you stated you're going for 75BB (I assume you mean BIs) but this calculates to taking a £200 buy-in to a table that allows £400 max. Are you ok with this?
Personally, I got myself a good steady job last September and been cruising the 1/1 games ever since. I'll play 1/2 at
The Hippodrome when I hit the ~£10K mark which should happen around March/April and it’s good to know that a regular income will cancel out losses. I might go with a £300 buy-in at the beginning but I'm not sure. Some will say £10K is not enough while others will say it's too nitty but it's all down to what's right for the individual. It's always best to be as immune from pain as possible when that villain's two-outer hits on the river so it's always best to go with more of a bankroll rather than less. It's just common-sense bankroll management really.
As to the freerolls, these can be a love/hate thing. If you plan to play a lot for the month then you may feel duty-bound to force yourself to put the hours in at the tables to qualify. May as well play an extra 5 or 10 hours for a "free" £500 entry right? But this also means playing when not on your A-game or when you don't always want to... and sometimes losing a few hundred here and there in the process. Hardly "free" right? However, in saying that, even though I find them tedious, dull and luck-ridden I’ve a pretty good record in them (min-cashed
The Vic one last Saturday for £659) so there you go. Just remember that those 90 hours per month can really drag on when the poker gods ain't smiling.
Last edited by Doctor Futtock; 01-30-2018 at 02:20 PM.