(To make slightly more explicit for folks less familiar with poker, there’s a distinction between what you’d consider your bankroll—your money allocated for poker across many sessions—and the amount you’d buy-in for in a particular session. You likely wouldn’t want to buy-in for your full bankroll in a single session (if you even could) because the risk of getting fully wiped out is too high. If your bankroll is lower, you should be playing at relatively lower stakes to reflect this.
These ideas are also related to the Kelly criterion of bet sizing / bankroll management in gambling more generally.)
(To make slightly more explicit for folks less familiar with poker, there’s a distinction between what you’d consider your bankroll—your money allocated for poker across many sessions—and the amount you’d buy-in for in a particular session. You likely wouldn’t want to buy-in for your full bankroll in a single session (if you even could) because the risk of getting fully wiped out is too high. If your bankroll is lower, you should be playing at relatively lower stakes to reflect this.
These ideas are also related to the Kelly criterion of bet sizing / bankroll management in gambling more generally.)