Day Bankroll vs Session Stake

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Day Bankroll vs Session Stake

Post by Bankerdude80 » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:44 pm

A question from a comps and psychological perspective. If one allocates (budgets) say $1500 for the day towards craps,
is one better off to buy-in the first session for the full amount of $1500 and keep to your stop loss limits, or split that
up into three sessions of $500 only buying in for that $500 leaving the rest in the room safe and away from the tables?

I know it's a discipline issue. I was wondering if anyone played the full buy-in way and found success? Do the casinos
still rate you better on a bigger buy-in? Is there any benefit?
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Re: Day Bankroll vs Session Stake

Post by heavy » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:19 pm

They do TRACK your session buy in so I suppose it's still part of the calculation. But for the most part they're looking for your theoretical loss, which is a function of average bet, number of decisions per hour, a value judgement of your skill as a player, and the number of hours played.

I recall a guy who used to make the rounds in my neck of the woods who always bought in with a marker for $5000. Then he'd bet $22 inside. Pit laughed at him behind his back because they assumed (and I think rightly so) that he was just using them as a check cashing service and he thought that doing so at the tables would buy him a few comps.

If you want to take a chicken soup approach - I'd say "it can't hurt" to buy in big but set aside 2/3 of that buy in for later in the day. But you are correct. It's a discipline thing. It's extremely easy to pull that second $500 out of your pocket (or the back rail) if you have it with you.
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