In many things, you have to spend money to make money. In poker, however, you have to have money to make money. You have to have money to be dealt a hand, You have to have money to win cash or lose it. So how do you finance your game without making yourself bankrupt? To be a true poker hustler, you know it is unwise to spend money you don’t actually have. Remember, you never know when the cards will be on your side … and you never know when they will desert you either.
Sometimes, when the game is hot, when the cards are flaming, when every hand you get is in the nuts, it’s hard not to slow down. You want to keep up your winning streak — never realize that it could end during a foolish, overly confident bet, leaving you with nothing.
That’s why it is important to sort of … bankroll your poker games. You cannot bet money that isn’t there. There are several ways to properly bankroll, which we will discuss in the coming posts.
