How do you calculate your bankroll for a trip?

[BigDaddy]

I've always wanted to ask this question but never had the balls too on SF because I know some peeps would be offended. How do you calculate your bankroll for a trip/visit.. In my case, if I'm going to the local and only the local for a few hours, I like to have a minimum of $500.00 to play.. A weekend trip to Foxwoods, I like to bank on at least $2500.00 per day..

What do you all do and if you don't lose day ones bankroll, do you add it to day 2?

Thanks,

BD..

[charlie50]

With Me Its about how much i can come up with after bills and parts for my little shop .Usually about 2 k for a 3 or 4 day trip . when we get to the hotel i divide it by how ever many day were gonna be there .If i run out its room time till the next day and fresh BR

[dvandentop]

I don't really have any method to my madness at all. I usually try to limit myself to 1500-2k per day on Vegas trip all depends on how good I did on previous trips and hopefully can atleast come home even at worst. I would be come home even this last trip if I shut it down before trying for that last day handpay dammit.

[20cardmg]

So much per day ( sometimes with envelopes) and utilizing the hotel room safe LOL

[CPT]

It doesn't matter where I go, it's usually $200-$300 per day/visit. I will do envelopes for multiple day trips, but in KC that went out the door and I was using the next days envelopes daily...oops! Sometimes I will take more, like Charlie, whatever is left over at the end of the month as play $$. While I have a decent job, I'm a man of limited means as I have quite a few other expenditures on my plate to take care of first. My bankroll would make some people fidget, but you make do with what you got!

[Brandon]

If I go on a one nighter my BR is usually in the $300-$400 range. Then I multiply that by however many nights I am staying if it is longer than one for the total amount of that trip. I'm a medium roller I would say. Sometimes I will play max, but more often than not I will just stay in the medium bet range. Talking about penny machines of course. On the 3 reel dollar machines I usually play max.

[Elf70]

I break my total bankroll up evenly over the number of days of my trip. I always take more money than I'm actually willing to lose though. I always want (need) to bring some home so I can say that I didn't lose it all. I know this is silly but it works for me. My daily bankroll at my local (Cherokee) is less than my Vegas bankroll. Despite doing well there last weekend I'm not willing to spend a large portion of my annual gambling budget there.





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[dvandentop]

I break my total bankroll up evenly over the number of days of my trip. I always take more money than I'm actually willing to lose though. I always want (need) to bring some home so I can say that I didn't lose it all. I know this is silly but it works for me.





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LOL i sorta have the same mentality but like to have extra along just incase if goes horribly bad.
yeah i dont take nearly the same gambling budget for a few hour trip at a local even if it is an overnighter which is not common unless i go take ameristar up on it or something at council bluffs

[michelelovesvegas]

LOL i sorta have the same mentality but like to have extra along just incase if goes horribly bad.
yeah i dont take nearly the same gambling budget for a few hour trip at a local even if it is an overnighter which is not common unless i go take ameristar up on it or something at council bluffs

I did this the last two trips and ended up coming home with a big fat goose egg! It def. was horribly bad. Took two trips off my year unless something gets going again.

[kdk]

I'm glad you brought this up, always interests me.

I always am curious about the bankroll needed to play high limit games for a reasonable amount of time, so glad to see the answers.

For me bankroll depends on where I go, how much freeplay, etc. If I'm going to a local usually $400 is enough for me unless it goes really bad. I usually bet about $1 to $1.50 per spin on average. I just did a 3 day trip to Vegas but only played at local casinos that I know are looser and $800 was more than enough for me for the entire trip, and I came home with most of it. If it's the Vegas strip, I'll need more like $800 per day with the tight slots, and that often isn't enough.

I did a 4 day trip to Reno last fall and only brought $500 and a positive attitude, and it was more than enough, and I came home with a $1000 profit so it definitely depends on how tight or loose the place is!