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Definition of bankroll management

To be a winning poker player, you need to have the necessary technical knowledge, you need to be creative, you need to have a good management of your emotions, but you also need to have a good "bankroll management", that is to say a good management of your poker money. There are simple rules for managing your bankroll. For cash game players, a minimum of 20 bankrolls is required. If you lose a lot, play at a lower limit. For tournament players with a bankroll of, say, €1000, we would encourage them to play €10 tournaments maximum (depending on their level of play).

Bankroll management and tilt

One of the main reasons why players do not respect the bankroll management is probably tilt. A player sets himself the right rules for a healthy bankroll management and suddenly, after a big downswing, he loses control of his emotions, goes into "on tilt" mode and decides to raise the limit to "recoup his losses", which is never a good idea. Arbitrarily moving up a limit without knowing whether you have the knowledge to beat the limit and being emotionally upset by previous losses makes a bad cocktail.

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