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/ Editor / 02 October 2007 / 1 Comments

From the forums - Canaryboy wonders what's the "most buyins at a cash table you've had?"

A buy-in is the amount money required by a player to sit down in a particular poker game. The overarching consideration should be how much money you feel comfortable losing. You may dream of how much you are going to win, and playing bigger tables will win you bigger money. You may dream...

Typically, a poker room requires ten times the ante to play. So you would need $100 to sit down at a $10/20 game.

Of course you should have more. It's a sorry show when you rock up at the table with your little stack. The Poker Anorak does not recommend this. Aim for around 40 times the ante. If you can't get the money, play on a lesser table. Make money and move up.

The danger is that with your chip stack lower than a Texan's barstool the other players will just raise and raise, waiting for you to fold and protect your stack.

But back to Canaryboy's question. He says his record is eight and a half.

Which leads to another questions: when is the right time to call it a night?

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Comments (1)

1. Keliwah | 06 October 2007

   The most I've seen was when I joined a NL$0.50/1 table and a fish was sitting on over $1200. A few hours later and he leaves with about $350! It was probably one of the best runs of his life and he pished it all away because it made him cocky.