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08-05-2008 , 11:49 PM

McAvoy

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If your playing at a table and you lose part of your buyin for whatever reasons, at what point do you reload to the max buyin?

Just curious as to what's recommended as I would think having at least the minimum buyin would be wanted at all times in case you get an opportunity to double up or stack someone.

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08-05-2008 , 11:52 PM

Cruzerthebruzer

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I reload whenever I'm less than 100 BBs

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08-05-2008 , 11:52 PM

dwiele

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always play with a full stack.

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08-05-2008 , 11:57 PM

MI101

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when i'm down 20% of whatever i bought in for, i usually reload. while that may be too soon/late for many, i like to be ready to stack the donks, but don't like to always be rebuying.

if i find myself below half, i analyze why i'm there before i do anything. whether i'm not playing my A game or just taking bad beats, i usually just leave and regroup. that downswing needs to pass before i hit the tables again imo.

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08-05-2008 , 11:58 PM

Cry Me A River

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As soon as I notice I'm less than 100bb.

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08-05-2008 , 11:59 PM

Shick

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Originally Posted by McAvoy

I would think having at least the maximum buyin would be wanted at all times in case you get an opportunity to double up or stack someone.

FYP

Reload when you drop below the table max. Thank me when you have a full stack and another deep stack pushes with his middle pair against your nut flush.

And screw stars for not having the auto-reload feature yet!

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08-06-2008 , 12:01 AM

Maso777

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Fulltilt has an option to automatically top up your stack, and there is a script for stars that will do the same thing. Reload whenever you are under 100bb.

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08-06-2008 , 12:13 AM

Ice_W0lf

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Originally Posted by Cruzerthebruzer

I reload whenever I'm less than 100 BBs

this when i'm really paying attention... or at the very least, before I play my button, after posting the sb so that i have a full stack in position

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08-06-2008 , 12:07 PM

Dogballs88

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I try to top off always, but in all cases no less than 90BB's - so if I'm playing 50NL, I'll top off if I drop below $45.

re: the reload function - Nothing worse than losing 2/3 to 3/4 of your stack in some bad hand then getting dealt AA or flopping a set or something the very next hand, before you have a chance to re-buy.

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08-06-2008 , 12:18 PM

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pokerloser10056

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If I am below the max buy in, I reload after I fold the SB so I have the full 100bb for the button. I use to re buy the second I would drop below 100bb, but I think that it could be a tell so I try to disguise it.

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08-06-2008 , 12:45 PM

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Rizzeedizzee

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Originally Posted by pokerloser10056

A tell for what? Not sure what you mean by that, or how there could be any drawbacks other than the off chance that you do so and get sucked out on the next hand. If reloading is a "tell" that I'm adequately funded and/or confident in my abilities, then I'll take that image all day long.

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08-06-2008 , 12:58 PM

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Saatchi

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So does anyone reload if they get below the maximum buyin?

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08-06-2008 , 01:10 PM

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pokerloser10056

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Originally Posted by Rizzeedizzee

Well five or six times when I reload the second I go below the 100bb, I get someone at the table saying, "watch out for that guy he reloads all the time, he must be good or something". Now most likely it is just a dumbass talking but I find if I just wait till after the SB play, no one seems to notice. If I take a hit in EP or something, i don't wait for the BTN, I am just talking about the blinds play. Lets say I have 10, the BB comes, I fold and now I have 9.90, instead of reloading here i just wait till after the sb.

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08-06-2008 , 01:19 PM

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Jagghund

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Originally Posted by Saatchi

So does anyone reload if they get below the maximum buyin?

No we prefer to reload when we get over the table max

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08-06-2008 , 02:10 PM

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Rizzeedizzee

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Originally Posted by pokerloser10056

Not to belabor this, and honestly no disrespect meant, but what's your point here?! If someone says to watch out for you, then voila, you've just acquired a table image you can exploit.

If you think that somehow no one notices if you wait until after the SB or that somehow that would change their impression, then you're wrong. Plus, people who choose to focus on whether/when you reload probably are not paying attention to things that really matter and likely are not good players. Again, all the more good news for you.

This all just brings us back to the main point - there are no drawbacks to reloading to 100BB right away.

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08-06-2008 , 02:15 PM

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Ice_W0lf

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Originally Posted by Rizzeedizzee

I agree with 99% of this post.... there isnt really any tell that you are giving off because you reload. However, if I person at 10nl is paying enough attention to notice I am reloading, then they are probably paying more attention than 95% of all 10nl players, so while I def wont avoid that player, I might keep my eye on him a little more than usual to see if he's paying attention to more than my reloads.

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08-06-2008 , 02:27 PM

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pokerloser10056

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Originally Posted by Rizzeedizzee

I don't think that there are any drawbacks either, was saying it could be a tell. It was just something that happened to me...something I notice...nothing more. That is all.

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08-06-2008 , 02:32 PM

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Shick

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Originally Posted by pokerloser10056

I don't think that there are any drawbacks either, was saying it could be a tell. It was just something that happened to me...something I notice...nothing more. That is all.

Maybe that's why everyone folds when I raise with Aces UTG...

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