"gilbert wrote:So, what does this $86,000 or $125,000 translates to in a weekend bankroll?Do you calculate it by the number of hands per hour or total number of hours played or something similar? How do you get the numbers?"
There are several ways that you can do it for a day/weekend (or what I call a "trip") bankroll.
If you want to be general and are going to be playing six to eight hours per day and 800 hands per hour, then generally 50%-60% of the royal is what you need as the bankroll for each day.
If you want to be more mathematical, you can take the number of hands per hour that you play and the number of hours that you want to play. Then look at the statistics in your tutor and see the contribution of each hand to the overall payback. Then (depending on the game you are playing) subtract the value of hands that do not appear frequently -- such as royals, deuces, straight flushes and other high paying hands. Such as for JOB, I generally allow for a loss factor of 5-7.5% since I may not get a royal or straight flush and may not get the proper number of four-of-a-kinds. You can do the calculation depending on the game you are playing and how important it is that you not run out of money each day.
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