Building A Huge Stash

Good evening, something that I read today that I would like to share to all poker players. This applies from newbies to the professionals who can use em as reminders from the good ol' saying. Enjoy reading. =)

Building Huge Funds Online aka BANKROLL

The term bankroll is the key to building a huge stash and I mean REALLY HUGE. It is also a very important word in a poker player's vocabulary. You need it to play poker just as you need a boat to travel on water ( unless you can swim well).

Here is what's going on, most sites offer first time deposit bonus. In addition, this is the key to building a bankroll. By depositing money at a site, you get the deposit bonus, an investment that pays off better than any bank interest rate. Play a good game of poker and you can leave the site, cash in hand to deposit into another site, and then get that initial bonus.

Play only the the best hands and don't go chasing hands that will blow up your account. It's like playing a tournament, play only the hands that will win you the cash without risking too much of your money, and after a certain amount of hands you can cash out the bonus free and clear.

One of the best ways to get the required amount of hands to keep your deposit bonus is to play limit poker. This will eliminate the decision to match opponents all in bet. You may know that person is bluffing, but you are trying to build a bankroll. Fair enough, winning a huge pot would build your bankroll, but think about this :

1. Most pro poker players suggest having at least 300 times the amount of the big blind as your bankroll. For starters, you need at least 200 to 400 times the big blind. Because if you have a bad string of hands, you will have a large swing of cash flow toward the negative side. When this happens, you do not want to change your poker style (unless that is the reason you are losing).


2. If you are playing your best poker, the odds are always in your favor, and your opponent catches that lucky river card or a runner-runner to make the nut straight then just chalk the problem up to the poker Gods evening things out. You do not have to change your game, but you need the bankroll to get past the string of bad beats. If your bankroll is getting small, then you may start playing differently, like you have to make up that money (looser) or to tight to protect your small amount of money. These are the worst things that can happen -- changing your poker style to meet a bankroll problem.

Here's the tip, build the bank at five to six different sites, slowly, and build it into $500 to $1,000. Then you can start playing some real poker. With a sufficient bankroll, you can start playing the $2/$4, $5/$10, or $10/$20 no limit tables.

You should have at least $200 or even better $800 to $1,200 bankroll for the $1/$2 no limit game and at least $400 or probably $1,300 to $1,700 bankroll for the $2/$4 no limit game. $5/$10 no limit game is like trading in an equity market as they often swing your bankroll. Play that game after getting some experience because of the amount of tough players. Sometimes, there are players who just want to bully you around, and you can slow play the nuts for a big win. You need a larger bankroll with a minimum of $3,000 to $5,000 to cope with such players.