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The worst way to play a limited bankroll
Posted by PokerBarney on 7:25AM, 15th May 2007
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OK, so you’re used to playing high stakes poker but have had a run of bad beats and lady luck has upped and left. The result is a sorry looking bankroll that could maybe afford you another game or two at the usual level. So, the obvious choice is to go play a lower stake table and win back some money, right? Wrong!
This may be a tempting sounding offer but if you are best at high stake games, that is where you should stay! The lower stake tables mean exactly that…there is less money at stake and so they attract lots of beginners and a lower level game. Moving to a lower ability table means more fish, more unpredictable calls, and in other words, more loss! Out goes pot odds and in comes all-ins with any slight sniff of a picture card. Plus the profit will only be small…so don’t get reeled in!
You may get more play for your money on a lower stake table, but you are more likely to throw away winning hands, and become frustrated with the game…possibly going on tilt and walking away with no... more.
