I would consider either single/double tabling the 20's instead of quading until you are comfortable with the change in play. Not that big of a change but would be good to pay more attention to how everyone is playing.

I guess the big question is how much of your BR you are comfortable dropping before the upswing starts if it happens that way.


As far as your plans go, estimate a realistic ROI you would like to obtain for each of the stakes (10's,20's,30's,50's,etc)

And I assume your goals for each level would be to move up to the next level.

Then basically just do (Avgtourneysperday*(ROI% * buyin)

So from there you can subtract your BR from the next goal, and divide it by the average profit per day you will be expecting to get a reasonable timeframe...and then try to beat it.

So if I am starting today with say...600 bucks and I want to reach 1000 just off the 20 dollar tournaments, and I am planning on playing 8 a day, with a ROI of 25%

$22 * .25 * 8= $44 average profit per day
$1000-$600= $400
$400/$44=9.09

so ~10 days to get to 1000.

But that is truly best case scenario, 80 SNG's over that course in time wouldn't truly account for any real variance or downswings..just purely the math.

Unless I am horribly wrong in my calculations which is entirely possible.


I created a spreadsheet that allows me to put in my start date and my goals for each stake and ROI and it does the rest for me...



Anyways, I assume your minor goals will be advancing in levels up to a certain point, so plan for that first. If you are going to stick to the 30 buyin rule, don't forget to account for the vig. So 20's would be $660,30's would be $990 and so on. And other than the money and higher stakes....reward yourself if you make your goal in some fashion.

What was your ROI for the 10's?