It's important to cultivate your image appropriately in order to achieve the desired effect. People will see a massive bulge of notes when you whip your wallet out to buyin or top up, and will think you're a baller whom they can't push around. I like the idea of bringing 1k with you, but you should bring it in 10s and 20s. Maybe you can wear a pokerstars hoodie so people know you take the game seriously and are less likely to call with trash hands because they think they can outplay you post flop. I'd normally not suggest getting drunk before a session, but in this case it might be justified, because it will reduce your fear of busting. If you're concerned about losing too much money, wait until you go on an MTT heater or get drunk beforehand to reduce the fear. It's understandable that you don't want to lose a lot of money, no one does, but you need to show some conviction and not be a bottom feeder. You need to make a statement of intent and buy in for the maximum, and send the message that people can't **** around with you. Like the above poster says, it will put a target on your back and players who are not pussies will come after you. Yeah, you definitely can't be buying in for the minimum like a scared little *****.

Changing your gears because you don't want to bust will only cause larger variance in your play. It's very easy to play the first 1-2 loose because you have more in your pocket. I like the idea of a 3 BI limit per session. You are very new, you 'are' going to lose some pots. Even at that, 100bb really isn't that much at some cash game tables. Good long term poker strategy pretty much includes playing with a maximum stack. Good that they will be more willing to play for your stack, but bad since they can also pick and choose their spots and you may be dominated or forced to fold if you end up out of position and miss the Flop. The BIG issue with this is that the more experienced Players will put a target on you, which can be both good and bad.

It's really not a bad way to learn live poker and then you can increase your stack. You just wait around to find good spots to steal or get in your whole stack. Lots of new Players short stack at the start since it's less risk (so to speak) and it takes a lot of the 'poker' out of playing.

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