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Bankroll Management

Posted By: Dale Kerr
Date: Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 12:22 a.m.

In Response To: Bankroll Management (Rich Munitz)

I'm trying to draw a parallel to bankroll management in poker. Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson stated that you should not risk more than 5% of your total bankroll in a single session, that should hopefully allow for enough short-term variance to not affect your play. For NL200, that means a bankroll of at least $4000, which to many people, sounds excessive.

For backgammon, as Richard said, I have also seen the "100 points per session" figure mentioned. At $1/pt, that's $100. However, I don't know what is a prudent bankroll if you limited each session to 100 points. Going by the poker analogy, your total bankroll should be 2000 points, but I would suspect that that IS quite excessive.

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• Bankroll Management
  Carly Robson -- Thursday, 15 January 2009, at 10:29 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 12:24 a.m.
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      Carly Robson -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 10:06 p.m.
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        Rich Munitz -- Friday, 16 January 2009, at 10:41 p.m.
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          Dale Kerr -- Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 12:22 a.m.
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            Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 2:04 a.m.
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              Dale Kerr -- Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 2:25 a.m.
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                Carly Robson -- Saturday, 17 January 2009, at 6:21 p.m.
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                  Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 3:14 p.m.
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              Martin -- Sunday, 18 January 2009, at 9:36 a.m.
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                Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 3:13 p.m.
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                  Martin -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 7:34 p.m.