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...

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