Can't build my bankroll.....

Wow thanks for all the advice and I'd like to add that I have seen an increase in my bankroll. Since I'm not rolled up for the cash games at ft yet I plan to hang in there and continue to play the $2 sng's until I can consistently beat them before moving up to $5. I'm going to try to follow good brm and not tilt myself into a plateau again.

good luck dude! hope to hear from you again and let us know about the progress you are making and share it to our fellow members who also needs some advice about good BR management...

Good to hear you are out of the funk and incorporating some new bankroll strategies. :icon_chee

My advice here, considering you started with $50, and got it to $100 and it plateaued, is to not do anything drastic! You had a good run, followed by a so so run, and then I see you hit a good payout, so this is something that as a tourney guy (sng or MTT's) you have to learn to deal with. It is as normal as sunrise.

Beware ring, thats where the true poker sharks swim. I am not a ring connoisseur, and have only got to the point where I am approximately break even, but can see that a good ring game could be a more consistent way of making money. However seldom will there be any excitement involved, rather, long boring hours of multi-tabling grind work.

You will never see an excited crowd railing anyone in a ring game.

If you're not MURDERING $1-$2 sng's keep playing them until you are... the competition is VERY soft at these micro buy ins and you will absolutely know if and when you are ready to move up, I 've grinded my way through microstakes with a starting BR of $6 and believe me alot of these ppl on here telling you to to jump in the deep end clearly hav NO idea what they're talking about. Bad variance is to be expected like a hurricane on the gulf coast... the levees are your brm skills

I'm up and down with the sit and gos. I play in freerolls, and when I cash, I play the $1.25 STTs on Full Tilt. I've managed to get up to around $20, but then I end up losing it. I'm a decent poker player, and I'm chalking it up to variance!

i agree with many points, if you are really trying to boost, play cash tables, i play smaller ones at first and slowly build bit by bit, then once it starts to be noticeable move up a level. if you are doing badly move down again for a bit, i took 2$ and turned it into 17$ in two days just playing 2 cent 4 cent tables.then i moved up to 5 cent 10 cent and built from there, be patient!

Bankroll Size


Limit Holdem


The general rule of thumb for bankroll size is around 300 times the big bet (upper limit) for limit holdem. This means if you want to play at 1/2 holdem, you should have 600$. However, you may need more or can get by with less, depending on conditions. If you plan to only play one table at a time and never play beyond the limit your bankroll is setup for, you can do just fine with 250 times the big bet. However, if you intend to play 3 or more tables at once, you should have more. You also should increase bankroll levels for shorthanded play.


No Limit Holdem


The online no limit holdem game of today is a game with a maximum buyin of usually 100 times the big blind, 10 player table. This means that at a .50/1.00 no-limit holdem game, the most anybody can initially buyin for is 100$. In games like these, the generally accepted bankroll size is around 20 full buyins. That means for a .50/1.00NL game, you should have a 2,000$ bankroll. If you prefer to play a shortstacked cash game strategy, then you might want to have between 40 and 60 buyins of 20 to 25 times the big blind. For 5 and 6 handed games, you want to have a larger bankroll because of added variance. (see Q&A section for a brief explanation)

id say play with 2% at sngs

look at chris fergusons advice on FTP site.. hes got great bankroll managment tips

i had to loosen up a bit from when i first started because i am a tight player to start with live & online, but soon as i loosened up a bit & saw they way a lot of others play, i began to build, watch those around you, it helps tremendously & loosen up a bit, if you play scared you won't win

br managment

if your br isnt rising dont risk more to help it along. stick with the 1 and 2 dollar sng's and go from there. you'd be surprised how fast you go bust over extending your br.