Players serious about low stakes poker games ideally hope to build a bankroll in order to move up to the mid- to high-stakes levels. There are a few ways to go about doing this so as to keep your risk of ruin as low as possible.
Let’s say you decide to start playing $.25-$.50 no-limit [...]
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In the grand scheme of poker, low stakes and micro stakes games are nearly indecipherable from a standpoint of significance. They’re both very small games relative to the bigger stuff out there. But if we zoom in a little closer, what we find is that the differences between low stakes and micro stakes games are [...]
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“Short stacking” refers to buying in for the table minimum in hopes of doubling up and then leaving. This can be an effective way for brand new players to mitigate their disadvantage in the game. In a $.01/$.02 no-limit game, the minimum buy-in is usually $.40 and the maximum buy-in is usually $2.00.
With a maximum [...]
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