Poker Strategy – Bankroll

How much money should I invest?

This is an important question, with two simple answers.

If you are looking to just have fun, don't invest any more than is 'fun' to lose. Hence, if you're comfortable blowing 100 bucks, put in $100 and see if you can win with it. This is what I did. My original roll was only $100 but I built it up into my current, much more powerful bankroll.

If you are looking to make money, you should be able to bank 200 big bets at the limit you play. Hence, if you play a $2-4, you should have $4 X 200= $800 dollar roll. For $5-10, your target roll should be $2000. These numbers prevent you from blowing your entire bankroll b/c of one bad run.

Some may say that the 200 big bets is too low for shorthand, but I believe you need to be reasonable about potential losses.

You don't want to invest more than 200 big bets unless you've proven that you're successful at that limit.