Building Bankroll from $25...

Hi everyone, this is my first post on FTR. Just a little bit about myself before i get into the topic. I mostly play 10nl and 2.25-5.50 SnG. I play at FTP and cake,my nic is prefontaine10 on FTP and rvrking22 on cake. Been playing for about 3 months and i think im starting to grasp the game. Some of my poker goals include building my $25 roll to $1k. And further developing as a poker player. Ok, so on with the tread. My current BR is $25. I know im pretty restricted as to what i can play in terms of BR management. So I was wondering what types of games I can play to start building my BR back up? Im was thinking the 1.25 SnG, but im not sure..

Any replies, thank you in advance

stars has a lot of $1 sngs, everything from hu to 45-player

Deposit $75 more and play 2NL IMO

I'd suggest you pick a type of game and stick with it.

You have to have a really significant edge to beat 1+.25 sngs, because the fee is such a big percentage of the buyin. If you do those, try to stick with those. Keep track of your results, post in the 2 street bingo, I mean SNG forum.

Cash games are probably not the best place to start, but when you're starting out you really should stick to one form of the game. With $25 you should probably be buying in short on the $2 games. You really should add at least another $35 to your account if you want to try this.

The MTT option is open, the good thing about that is that you can play freerolls and there are a lot of short buyin/0 fee tourneys on some of the major sites. The bad thing is that you can't always decide when you can play.

I'd suggest a mix of freerolls and small buyin SNGs.

Get Poker Tracker if you can. Keep track of all of your wins and losses. If you play tourneys or SNGs make a spreadsheet to keep track of how you do.

I think thats what im going to try and do. Stick to the $1 SnG until I have about $50-60...then take a shot at the $2 SnG. I would like to get more involved with the MTT area...however I dont know if I have the skills required to beat them. I've heard the HOH volumes are great reads...but some of the info might be over my head considering I have only played 3-4 small buyin/freerolls. Any idea on strategy/guides for beginners? Websites? Forums?

I think he means because he's at Full Tilt and has a $25 BR. At least I hope that's what he means.

Play 2.20's. If you lose your money load another $25. If you can't afford to spend another $25 on poker, use the money on groceries.

I'm doing the same thing: I started with $4 and bought in for $1 at the .01/.02 tables. I did that until I made it to $30. Now I've just started buying in for $2 at those same tables and I'm up to $38. On PS, you can buy-in for up to $5 on the .01/.02 tables, so once I get to $60, I'll increase my buy-in to $3 at the .01/.02 tables and take shots at the .02/.05 tables when during peak times when the tables are fishier.

Last year I ran $50 to $1600 then got burnt out and cashed out, bought a computer and started playing computer games instead of poker. Now I have the itch again and a small bankroll. I'm just doing this for fun, so I don't need to be making oodles of money right away.

If you are comfortable with the $1 SNG's on FTP, go for it, I suggest early morning on Saturday/Sunday, seems to be more donkish, thought sometimes I qualify that way as well. But they seem to be fairly easy to beat if you are patient and disciplined.

play the normal speed $1.25 9-man SnGs to start... read everything here:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/sng-tactics-digest-the-best-sng-forum-posts-are-in-here-t36043.html

Make big raises with QQ+, and AK, limp some pp's but only in late position or in the blinds, until you have an M of 3-4.. then steal like a monkey.

Thanks guys for all the help!

This seems like a good strategy. For me, the $.10 and .25 cent MTT tables seem to do it for me. It's not much of a profit, but if you win just 1 hand and double up, you always win some type of cash.

Very Happy

I'd suggest a mix of freerolls and small buyin SNGs.

Get Poker Tracker if you can. Keep track of all of your wins and losses. If you play tourneys or SNGs make a spreadsheet to keep track of how you do.[/quote]

I would say that i am in in simular position to you in that i am trying to improve my game/build on my bankroll and this is pritty much what i do. I started a thread on peoples opinions of freerolls not too long ago and it was suggested by quite a few members that freerolls are good for building a bankroll.

stay away from free rolls. You're better off working one extra hour a week (or buying one less beer, or skipping a bag of chips or something) and investing the $5-10 or whatever you make after taxes into your poker fund. I would be surprised if the expected $/hr was over 0.01.

I would have to think < $1 MTTs are about the same way.

I deposited $25 on stars and played the $1-45man. By the final table people are WTF bad.

.01/.02 on stars is unraked

/thread

Vastly better than the $1 SnG highway robbery.

On the other hand, you wont clear your deposit Bonus playing 2NL on stars.

I built from $50 to $1k playing sngs, took a few months, but then I started from total scratch skill wise and played played relatively casually.

At this point, its probably about which style you have an edge in. If you've been playing for a few months, you should know which style you can beat the most.

[edit] Hmm, actually I'm not sure if the $1.25s generate FPPs either. I think its 5 per $1 rake, or 3 for the $5.50s 50c rake, but not sure you get anything for the $1.20...

can you save some money and put more than 25 bucks? i doubt you are going to "build" your bankroll

currently $168.......so um yes I am building my BR...and oh dont assume things on post...it makes you look like a dumb***

Thanks daven...im a US player so yes I play on FTP.....and I will for sure read this over...very good post about building a BR from scratch....

It's very easy to go through $25 if you just run bad for a while. I would reload and:
1. play pretty tight, so that when you choose to play a hand, you can do it with some confidence.
2. be sure you know more about poker than your opponents do, by continuing to study and learn the game.

There is a sticky in this forum called "Beginners Digest." It houses links to a lot of great articles.

rvrking - welcome to FTR dude.

Good luck dude Very Happy

Good luck with it!! it can be done i started a $100 br and now sit at just over $800, granted its over a couple of years playing for fun but i too started on sngs but have now swapped into cash as think its more profitable....

I had 2 false starts, then ran $10 up to $300 in not much over a week. I'm now starting again on Stars with $20. Hopefully the $1 45-man games will be my friend!

Oh yeah, where does stars save my HHs? I I have a file in programs with all Poker Stars stuff, but I couldn't see HHs. Any help appreciated.

edit - 3 $1.10 45 man turbos played 1st, 7th and unplaced. 1 $1.10 sat to $100k - unplaced. The standard in these tournaments is definitely not great!

tough to play in those games cos the standard is soooo poor!! you get calls and beats when you normally wouldnt, Good luck Laughing

How much i need to start to play?

1 play 2nl
2 beat it for atleast 10BB/100
3 play atleast 6 tables at a time
4 play atleast 10 hours a day.
You will get to 5nl in no time when you get their just repeat. Honestly i can't do all that as i suck at multi tabling and my butt gets tired after just a couple hours

another tip i have read from unl pros is to always shove with aces if their is any action in front of you.

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