How do you guys play with a small bankroll and not get antsy and not get bored?

[potfan42o]

SO...ive deposited and lost and deposited and lost.

I'm not gonna pretend I'm a winning player, in the sense that I am extracting money from the game.

I will go to the extent of making some excuses and saying I can make money, I just do not do so because of poor bankroll management.

The problem I have faced is that if I deposit 100 dollars...i find 5nl or 10nl too low stakes for me. I've played hundreds of dollars in a casino, so idk it just seems crazy to be investing so much energy to make dimes or nickels.

I've been able to play 25nl seriously, but i honestly think that onilne 25nl may be stronger than live 1/2 nl.

Atleast when talking about the casinos I have gone to.

I am a student and cant really afford to shovel in 500 or more into a bankroll at once. Even for 25nl I need atleast 1000 for a safe bankroll. There are just too many downswings, even for winnign players.

Do you guys have any advice on how to stay focused at a 5nl or 10nl? Am I just too money focused? should i just forget about the money and play these stakes and worry about my plays and actions.

This is what I want to do, but I just find it hard. I seem to get bored. When I play high stakes, i either am outclassed or have too small of a bankroll. Although, i feel at these stakes I am fully focused and invested in the game.

i get bored alot, i try to get 4-6 games up at one time just play good cards im not much of a cash game player sng's and mtt for me gl to ya

[logan]

i like multi tableing, but its dangerous to my BR. If i tilt or get distracted or get too drunk i lose 4 games instead of 1. It does help me only play the premiums because theres always some action on one of them.

[gametime74]

just curious, if you have a 100 hundred dollar bankroll and playing 5nl to 10nl then you have little room for failure..i think you need to lower your game to fit your bankroll..i think playing 5nl/10nl you should have at least 500 at min, but 1k is a good start

[CTAnon]

At least you've found a way to deposit. I'm lost in the sauce and cannot deposit on any site as of right now to my knowledge. When I play micro I try to maintain my composure and make myself think that I'm playing for a lot more than just loose change. You gotta start somewhere, might as well use those nickel and dime tables to perfect your play with a bunch of donkeys and then build a bankroll to play with the big boys (and girls)

[brokenlung911]

Stakes shouldn't matter good players keep cards and situations in their heads not the stakes they are playing
my advice is work on your game and money will come around

[mikey4141]

I have a really hard time playing serious in freerolls or lo buy in mtts!

[zarrmonster]

I play more than one game; particularly since i do get anoid when players ride the clock. i only play freerolls, I am just not that good to spend good money on a game. I play for fun. I have a small back roll on several sites, I have never deposited and i dont do rebuys. If i cant make it to the winning table from the start then oh well

Good luck in your games!!

[hardfarter]

MORE SIT n GOS, Its much easier to build stack on sng's then use winnings on tables

[rghy2]

My BR rule is no BI more than 5% of my BR. To move up in stakes, I am basically proving to myself that I am successful at my current level to be able to afford this next step up. If I can't build my BR with that small of a % of my BR, then I'm simply not good enough to take the next step. I'm trying to be honest with myself about where my skills really are.

[s810car]

how do you 5nl or 10nl grinders keep going and focused? you guys have any tips to make your self feel invested in the game, even at such small stakes.

I think if you are getting bored but losing, you need to change your game, not the stakes, try some tourneys because getting bored would only make sense if you are winning, sounds more like frustration of small change increases, which is more like a varience upswing

you have to do just that, stay focused and patient. Ive found that only about 10% of hands dealt are worth playing. With all of theplayers just pushing left and right, its best to stay low and jump when the cards do come. GOOD LUCK!

well said. poker is poker, don't change your style bc of entry amount!

If your opening hand range is 10%, reevaluate your strategy or you will see more bubbles in tourneys, and the same "boredom" OP described in cash tables

i'm gonna try a double or nothing right now. Seems like with half the field getting paid variance should be low right?

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Yes and no. Less varience is true, but you have to cash 65% just to barely make profit over rake, and a whopping 80% + to be +ev