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Pick'em Poker Bankroll

What kind of bankroll should I have to play .25 full pay Pick'Em Poker
say 3-4 hours once a week.

It's not clear whether you are asking:

1. How much do you need to bring for a 3-4 hour session. or,
2. How much do you need to have for week-after-week of 3-4 hour
sessions.

For a single 2000-hand session, $400 will suffice more than 99.5%% of
the time.

For a full year playing 2000 hands/week, $3000 will suffice 97% of the
time. Your expected loss is just $61, but at the end of the year you
will find yourself more than $1200 behind 23% of the time.

This assumes near perfect play, no cashback, and no tips.

The longer you play, the more bankroll you will need, because without
cashback this is a negative ev game.

--Dunbar

Bankroll calcs were done with Dunbar's Risk Analyzer for Video Poker,
v1.5.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Tino Kaltsas" <tino.kaltsas@...> wrote:

What kind of bankroll should I have to play .25 full pay Pick'Em Poker
say 3-4 hours once a week.

Thanks for the reply that was a pretty good answer.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "dunbar_dra" <h_dunbar@...> wrote:

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Tino Kaltsas" <tino.kaltsas@> wrote:
>
> What kind of bankroll should I have to play .25 full pay Pick'Em Poker
> say 3-4 hours once a week.

It's not clear whether you are asking:

1. How much do you need to bring for a 3-4 hour session. or,
2. How much do you need to have for week-after-week of 3-4 hour
sessions.

For a single 2000-hand session, $400 will suffice more than 99.5%% of
the time.

For a full year playing 2000 hands/week, $3000 will suffice 97% of the
time. Your expected loss is just $61, but at the end of the year you
will find yourself more than $1200 behind 23% of the time.

This assumes near perfect play, no cashback, and no tips.

The longer you play, the more bankroll you will need, because without
cashback this is a negative ev game.

--Dunbar

Bankroll calcs were done with Dunbar's Risk Analyzer for Video Poker,
v1.5.