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Message: [QUOTE="On A Pair Draw, post: 833565, member: 42156"] I just recently returned to online poker forums after a couple of years since I've read them. It's interesting how much bankroll management is duscussed lately. I have to wonder why peeople put so much stock in this topic when they play the game as a hobby. I've been playing professionally for almost a year now, and when you play to pay your bills, bankroll management can be your biggest concern. But when your biggest game is a $10 online rig-n-go, what does bankroll management even mean? I read a lot of people say you should play with x% of your bankroll in a cash game, or you should be able to afford 20 losses at sit-n-go play, but if you are playing with $100, are you really busted for good when you lose a few times? [COLOR=black][SIZE=3]Bankroll management is more of a concept for people who have budgeted a certain amount for poker that is as much as they can afford to play with for a long period of time, such that if they lose that entire amount they will not be able to play poker for many months. It's kind of like people who start a business and risk a lot to make that business work...and if the business fails, they will be broke, but they don't risk so much that they will lose their house. If you have a "bankroll", that;s like your start up money for a business...you can't afford to lose it or else the business is gone. If you have invested a certain amount into poker that you can afford to lose adn you would just invest another lump, then you don't really have a bankroll that needs managing. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3]It would be like if you started a hobby that ended up costing you money...would you have to stop painting if you couldn't sell enough paintings to cover the cost of your supplies? My wife paints and she's never sold a single painting. I don't walk in when she's painting and tell her she has to shut it down becuase she's not covering the cost of paint and canvases.:rolleyes: [/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3]Most people play poker as a hobby. They deposit $50 online and then they play $5 sit and go tourneys. Then it seems like they over focus on things that don't really matter, like bankroll management. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3]Yes, technically, your Jokerstars bankroll is whatever is in your Jokerstars account at the moment, but it's not like you can;t just deposit again.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3]For people with a true bankroll, if they lose it, they're done. No more poker. They have to take out a second mortgage or borrow money from someone to keep playing....and both of those are mortal sins that no poker player should commit. Which is why you manage your bankroll to avoid them.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3]Any thoughts on why people focus so much on this topic when they are playing with small amounts?[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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