100 buyins is the generally recommended MTT BR.

Look, theres arguments either way.

As drmcboy mentions, if you make a post saying "My BR is $50 and I'm playing 10NL", then when people tell you to drop down you get angry and say "$50 is nothing, if I lose it I'll just replace it, I have a job man!", then your BR isnt $50 at all. Thats merely the amount you have online atm. If you're prepared to spend $250 "learning poker" and if you lose all that you'll stop reloading, then your BR is $250. Personally as I told LuckySlevin, if you want to play as if you have a $250 BR because thats how much you want to deposit, then just go ahead and deposit it as one lump sum and treat it like a proper BR.

I took a different approach when I started. I gave myself a budget of $50 per month. I was prepared to deposit that for 12 months running to "learn poker". This was slightly more than I was spending on online gaming at the time (MMORPG subs) so I was basically spending the same on entertainment with a little extra to allow for the possibility of breaking even over that time, or even making profit. Just how I saw it. What I did however, was always treat my online BR as my true BR. I felt I should learn the discipline and practise from day 1. Month 1 I blew almost my whole BR (but it lasted the month unlike if I played out of it), month 2 I broke even for the month (so around $60 at the end), month 3 I won enough to break even of the 3 months ($150 at the end). After that I stopped depositing and have just built that $150 up from there.

I think I benefited from learning good BR management from day 1. Others may find it different. I never intended (and still dont) poker to be a particularly serious part of my income, but I still want to make the most of it with the time and effort I'm prepared to put into it, and that means winning $'s, which means following a BRM plan which protects my roll.


I dunno, just some random thoughts on where I'm coming from. I think you need to find what works for you.