Bankroll and Expectation in Limit
A NL player generally buys into a $1-$2 No Limit Hold Em table in Atlantic City with $200 on the table. What would that player consider a good win after playing for 2 hours? The player would probably answer in the $50-$100 range. Winning a quarter to a half of the buy in playing No Limit Hold Em is definitely a very solid day. Doubling the buy in is also possible and happens all the time. That would be a great day!
Now think if that same player were to switch tables and sit at a $1-$2 Limit Hold Em table. Instead of $200, he sits with $80. Now, what would that player be happy earning after playing for 2 hours? The player is definitely no going to give an answer like $50-$100; it is going to be closer to $20.
Monetary expectation is quite different between No Limit Hold Em and Limit Hold Em. Limit Hold Em is all about grinding out an hourly profit, while No Limit Hold Em is measured in gross profit. Limit Hold Em players gauge their profit based on big bets per hour. If a player is playing at a $1-$2FL game, one big bet is $2. In fixed limit, a good player generally averages anywhere between two to five big bets per hour in profit throughout his career.
Bankroll
Although it may seem like since a everest poker player’s stack is never in danger, a FL player will not experience as big of a swing in variance as a player playing No Limit Hold Em. While this is true, players should not be fooled. The variance swings in Limit Hold Em can be huge. Players can experience 100-200 big bets swings. For this reason, fixed limit players need to keep a large enough bankroll to absorb the swings.
While a full time No Limit Hold Em player playing $1-$2 will need approximately $4000-$4500 dollars to play comfortably, Limit Hold players playing $1-$2 Limit will need about $800. Having 400 big bets is a conservative guideline to have when playing Limit. This will ensure that a player will not bust while experience a downswing.
No Limit Holdem on titan poker, as we can see, is measured in percentage of bankroll. Since a player will sit down with $200, he will be sitting with about 5% of his bankroll. Players must know what to expect when playing Limit and cannot compare the results to No Limit Hold Em results. Both games are very different when it comes to money and bankrolls.