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Best way to grind a BR on Bovada starting with Under $100?

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    Default Best way to grind a BR on Bovada starting with Under $100?

    I have always played MTT's. I havn't played much since BF, just not sure how to go about grinding up a roll on bovada. I have a full time job but don't have much money each month after bills to spend so I can't just drop a low-mid stakes roll on bovada. They have ALOT of games(im impressed) greater than $10 and even a decent amount of $5-$10 but only like 6 or so $1-$3 or am I missing something? Cash is fishy as hell but no rakeback and the rake is horrible so that seems out of the question plus at no more than 4 tables so what the hell? STT don't seem to fire up often enough. So im not sure. I have been trying to save 500-1k for about a year to deposit but it just hasn't worked cuz I live on my own..ect.. not gonna go in to that. Would really appreciate some advice.

    Thank you
    Mike
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    IMO just grind full ring cash if they have it. With more players there will be less rake. At 4 tables the grind will be slow but you just cannot play MTTs with only a 100 dollar bankroll.
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    Thank you bud for your input. They have full ring cash, ive just never grinded cash, although I have or had a decent big stack game and am comfortable post flop and understand the math. I just get hella bored playing cash cuz its the same thing all the time. Have you ever grinded a small roll with cash? How long did it take roughly? With no rakeback and the insane rake on bovada just seems hard to get more then a few bb/100 even at 5nl. But like I said I don't have much experience with cash. I did do well in 10nl and 25nl Rush on FT before BF but only played prolly 20-30k hands in total cuz I loved MTT's so much more. most volume I could put in would be 4 tables @ 60-70 h/hr for 240-280 hands hr which equates to like .25-.50/hr @ 2-5bb/hr which isn't very encouraging lol. Am I looking at the wrong?
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    If your a patience guy like me you'll grind Zone poker .2/.5c. believe it or not it's pretty quick to build from it. Then you can throw in some MTT and SNG. Most of the MTT is over $5 but there are some under that with a little to no guarantee tourneys. There is a good $2.20 super bounty in the morning which I usually try to catch when I have time. The sng I usually play are the 3.30 triple up and turbo
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    Yeah, either the lowest cash games or SnGs, i definitely wouldn't recommend MTTs

    good luck!
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    If you play the small stakes cash games and just take shots and be willing to move up and down depending on how variance swings , the games are incredibly soft and almost make up for the insane rake and no rakeback . After you build a small starter roll you can take some small shots at mtts , bovada mtt structure is awful so be prepared to flip for all the money at the end of pretty much every mtt . The games are about as good as they have been post BF imo at this site for americans .
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    I agree with most of the advice regarding playing cash games at the lowest stakes possible. I also believe from experience that the good value tourneys on Sunday are definitely worth considering if you are a tournament player. There is a $5.50 MTT that has a $10K guaranteed prize pool every Sunday, which I try to play every week. Good luck in building your stack on Bovada!
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    Check out the small stake sngs. They are really soft and you should be able to build a roll quickly with them. Also take advantage of the satellites they offer to try to get into bigger tournaments.

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