Quote Originally Posted by euphoricism
Andy, the point of a bankroll is to allow you to play the SAME STAKE through "normal" variance comfortably. Otherwise we could play on 5 buyins and just move down every time something went wrong, right?
FYP.

It's not about going broke either. BR management is also about not having a large portion of your roll in play. Everyone has seen the massive downswings and / or variance you can see when first moving up to a new stake. The different amount of money being tossed around, not to mention the style of plays, makes moving to a new stake very stressful on player and BR. Unless your a maniac and have no respect for money, throwing around 1/3 of your BR at any time is not a one time, it's ok, sort of thinking. Someone playing like this will do it at every level and also think while It's only 33%, will also think, meh it's only 45%, 50%. what's the line in the sand. BR recommendations are the line in the sand. How can anyone call off 200BB's on more than one table if your BR is 1/3 in play. You will not play your game, and you will not win, without severe luck. The whole point of BR management is to keep you from dealing with inevitable variance, some of which you could never imagine. Only the players that have not had this 20+ buy in swing kick them in the head would think it's ok to disregard the recommendations that others have said here.