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Message: [QUOTE="Sohmurr, post: 1056669, member: 23211"] My order of poker books arrived today. I cracked open the first one, Barry Greenstein's [I]Ace on the River[/I]. He poses some questions to "rate" your poker personality. The Q and A of one of those questions I'm posting here because people always defend bankroll management, but after reading the Q and A I feel a little more inclined to step outside bankroll management, although I don't know that I will anytime soon. :p Q: "Do you make sure you are properly funded for any game you sit down in?" A: "If a game is extremely good, get in it if you have a buy-in. There is nothing wrong with putting yourself in situations where you can win alot more than you can lose. Don't play too tight and predictably because you are short on money. Play your game. You might go broke quickly, but if you double up, you may be on your way to a big win." The reason he thinks this way, as far as I infer, is because money is in flux (obvious, I know, but this is difficult to explain). Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Harman, and probably many others have gone broke in their poker career's, generally early on (at least for the ones I have named). Now I don't think Barry is advocating a loose and whimsical philosophy of BRM, or that he's saying play above your comfort level. But in the right situations, where you believe you have a firm edge, then there is nothing wrong with buying-in, even if you can't afford the long term swings. Anyone else read the book and want to give their thoughts or interpretations? Or even if you haven't read the book, what are your thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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