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« on: October 04, 2008, 01:33:10 PM »
As a new, freeroll or low-level player, building a bankroll can be *very* easy. However, many people take what's easy in theory and make it difficult for themselves in practice by letting their egos get in the way of making money.
There are just two steps:
1. Improve your game so you're good enough so you have a solid +EV at some level.
2. Play at that level and let your +EV work for you to grow your roll.
Fortunately, #1 is pretty easy to achieve no matter what form(s) of poker you prefer. #2 is where people fall down. Either they over-estimate their ability and play where they don't have a solid +EV, or they don't let it work for them because whenever they accumulate some money, they blow it off by stepping up to where they no longer have said +EV.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't try stepping up, but rather to do it in a more aware manner where you use your growing roll to fund trials with amounts you can afford to lose if you find you're not yet ready.