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What is considered one BI? What is considered one BI?

07-29-2010 , 02:41 PM
I'm just curious because I want to know what one BI is considered to help with my BRM. Is a buy-in the minimum amount of chips needed to play at a table? I play at PS, and the minimum # of chips needed to sit at a 2NL table is 80 cents. So is one BI for 2NL 80 cents?

Thanks.
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07-29-2010 , 02:45 PM
1 (full) buy-in is 100 big blinds. At 2NL it would be $2, 5NL $5, etc...
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07-29-2010 , 02:46 PM
BI = Buy In

Most people assume that you're buying in for the maximum.

So,
.1/.2 = $2 = 2NL = 1BI
.2/.5 = $5 = 5NL = 1BI
etc.
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07-29-2010 , 02:50 PM
So, to be well rolled for 2NL, one should have $80? Since most people I've seen said that having 40 BI's is good to move up.
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07-29-2010 , 02:54 PM
You don't need $80 for 2nl. Unless you are very very new.
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07-29-2010 , 03:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Weikit
So, to be well rolled for 2NL, one should have $80? Since most people I've seen said that having 40 BI's is good to move up.
You don't really need 40 buy-ins for 2NL, assuming you have a rough idea of how to play pretty basic ABC poker. However once you move up you will probably need 40 BI's as a minimum, some people will have more, some less. It all depends on how you can cope with downswings.

Also one buy-in is whatever your standard buy-in is. For the majority of people (especially on these forums) that will be 100 Big Blinds. So for you, $2.
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07-29-2010 , 03:25 PM
It depends on your strategy. You might be a short stacker/100bb player/deep stack player. So 1 buy-in is whatever your strategy is.
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