Easy question with a complicated answer.

I guess it depends on why you play and what your aim is. I think convential thinking says 20 buy-ins is a safe amount but it depends on what kind of a player you are. Are you intending to build up? Do you want to take out profits? Can you reload your BR should it go poo? What kind of a player are you? This last question relates to whether you are a winner or not (not to be taken for granted) and the variance of your game, the more variance the higher the figure you should go for. It goes without saying if you are not a winning player then the question of how much is enough is mute.

Other considerations might be where you have come from. I played $50NL with $1000 but I also know that if I got pooed on and lost say $500 I would drop to $25NL rather than risk ruin. I have been playing $100NL with a BR of 15 buy-ins knowing again that a sustained bad run would just lead to me moving down again. Have you built this BR up or is it money you have just put in to dedicate yourself? Have you go experiance at $25NL?

I guess the other consideration is you. How much do you feel comfortable playing with. When I started I would have religously played to the 20 buy-in rule but as I gained confidence I could take a stab with maybe as little as 10 buy-ins for a limit. This will be different for everyone, the important thing being you are playing in a situation where you are not playing with scared money.

If you feel $625 is enough for you then play. It would be something pretty bad for a winning player to lose 25 buy-ins. Otherwise I think you have more than most peoples basic minimum requirements so what you need over that is about your personal comfort level.

Rich

United Poker Forum

I have read that it is a once-good poker forum that apparently got into some ingroup/out-group and flaming problems (perhaps others).

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Kinda sounds like your usual Party Poker table.

Punx.

CJ