Comments on: Moving Up: How Big Can You Play? http://www.pokerology.com/poker-articles/moving-up/ Poker information website Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:23:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ashley Adams http://www.pokerology.com/poker-articles/moving-up/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Ashley Adams Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:12:24 +0000 http://www.pokerology.com/?p=1557#comment-38 Lou is right, of course. Variance is surely dependent on the style of the game. When I was fluctuating between $5/10 and $10/20 stud, I'd scope out the $10/20 game to see if it was on the wild side or on the passive side. The passive games I could sit in with my smallish bankroll; the wild games I could not sit in, Similarly, sometimes, when I am in a $20/40 game, if a couple of wild maniacs sit down I might elect to leave, since I don't like to play with the variance that their combined styles bring to my game. Lou is right, of course. Variance is surely dependent on the style of the game. When I was fluctuating between $5/10 and $10/20 stud, I’d scope out the $10/20 game to see if it was on the wild side or on the passive side. The passive games I could sit in with my smallish bankroll; the wild games I could not sit in, Similarly, sometimes, when I am in a $20/40 game, if a couple of wild maniacs sit down I might elect to leave, since I don’t like to play with the variance that their combined styles bring to my game.

]]> By: Lou Krieger http://www.pokerology.com/poker-articles/moving-up/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Lou Krieger Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:20:49 +0000 http://www.pokerology.com/?p=1557#comment-36 I want to add one significant point to Ashley's excellent piece, and it has to do with variance. While Ashley's comments are correct as far as they go, the point should be made that it's not only your playing style that determines the variance you can expect in a game, it the playing style of your opponents too. After all, if you're in a cautious and passive game with few callers your variance is apt to be significantly less than it would be in a game where each pot is raised and often three-bet. variance is inherent in every game of poker, and it's determined both by a player's style as well as the texture of the game itself. Both contribute to the kinds of swings one can expect when sitting down at the table. But while one contributing factor can be easily controlled, the other is more difficult to manage--and may even require changing tables to do so. I want to add one significant point to Ashley’s excellent piece, and it has to do with variance. While Ashley’s comments are correct as far as they go, the point should be made that it’s not only your playing style that determines the variance you can expect in a game, it the playing style of your opponents too.

After all, if you’re in a cautious and passive game with few callers your variance is apt to be significantly less than it would be in a game where each pot is raised and often three-bet. variance is inherent in every game of poker, and it’s determined both by a player’s style as well as the texture of the game itself. Both contribute to the kinds of swings one can expect when sitting down at the table. But while one contributing factor can be easily controlled, the other is more difficult to manage–and may even require changing tables to do so.

]]> By: RyckyRych http://www.pokerology.com/poker-articles/moving-up/comment-page-1/#comment-23 RyckyRych Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:57:17 +0000 http://www.pokerology.com/?p=1557#comment-23 I like this article. I made a post for how I handle my BR requirements for SNGs/MTTs in the forums, Ashley. I would love for you to take a look at it when you can and see what you think. I like this article. I made a post for how I handle my BR requirements for SNGs/MTTs in the forums, Ashley. I would love for you to take a look at it when you can and see what you think.

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