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Controlling The Flow Of Your Bankroll

Your bankroll can be used to good effect if used in the correct manor, most people that make there initial deposit to an online poker room do so to try to make money playing texas holdem. the lure of huge cash prize pools and stories about players winning thousands and sometimes millions of dollars by players that have no previous poker background but these tournaments can generally only be won by entering through satellite qualifiers starting from as little as one dollar which requires several consecutive tournament wins or by a direct buy in to the main event which can cost anything from $50-$650 for big online prize pools, most first time depositors make an initial deposit of $50 often accompanied by a first time deposit bonus and there first mistake is to take there entire chip stack to a cash table in the hope of winning big..

So How Should You Use Your Bankroll

Initially and especially new players (beginners to Online Poker) should only take 5% of there chips stack to any single table and play with low stakes to begin with by doing this you can avoid the usual outcome a quick demise and an end to your online play which often happens when new players loose there bankroll through an initial bad beat or simply inexperienced play or even making plays that are suitable for real table play but not online play.

But of course there are great benefits first off all playing with just 5% of your poker bankroll will provide you with the opportunity to play long bouts of poker, as loosing your initial bankroll is impossible to do when only having 5% at the table at any given time and by doing so you will be able to become more accustomed to online poker and be able to get used to the software and it's many options, it's not always easy to get settled when first joining a table so if you lost 5% of your chip stack almost immediately this would not be unrecoverable.

When You Start To Profit

When You have successfully controlled your bank roll and you are now making a profit from your play raising your initial stake up to 10% of your poker bankroll is advisable, however if you decide to play higher stakes table limits then the initial rule 5% again to begin with should be adhered to.

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