He must know with how money it is safe to enter the game as measured by a ratio of buy-in towards his bankroll.įor example in the world of finance on the one hand it is not advisable to maintain a too high supply of idle money that could earn somewhere else. A good poker player must be able to manage reasonably what he has. Bankroll is an amount of money or funds set aside by a player for playing poker.īankroll management is a safe way of handling the funds that are at player's disposal.