What poker game do you or did you grind at to build your bankroll?

Matt_Burns88 said:

When you say grow your bankroll, what does this mean exactly? Are you starting from $0? $10? $100? $1,000?
My answer would vary depending on the situation. Of course, from zero, you have no choice, you must start with free rolls. But as soon as you have any money in your account, you can start playing micros. Different sites off different options, but I would suggest SnGs are the best option at least at first. They're relatively low variance and a lot of weaker players play them so you should have a pretty decent edge. Once you're up to around $50 you can start playing MTT's. I wouldn't recommend playing them much before that as in and ideal BRM, you should have at least 100, if not 200 buy-ins. Once you're at $100+ I would play almost exclusively MTT's.

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pentazepam said:

I'm retired from grinding and playing poker for "serious" money.

But in the last three years, I have built up some small amounts of money - like 10-15 dollars I had left on different sites to 3-digits during some months of play (between 2-500 dollars).

So I think I can safely say that I can beat NLH cash up to 10 dollars buy-in pretty easily.

I could probably also still beat low-stakes SnG and MTTs but the first is too boring and the latter has too high variance.

So if someone made a bet that I must build a bankroll within 2-3 months I would go for online NLH cash with 2-10 dollars buy-in.

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TheKAAHK said:

I usually start with hold'em SNG at the lowest levels then move to MTT when I feel I have a comfy BI cushion, usually no less than 30-50 unless the game selection at that level sucks or I'm ready to top up in case I take a hit. If/when I continue to build on that, I will keep in the 100-150 bi range, taking the occasional shot at higher levels to see how things go.

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Gdefender said:

I make a profit of 6 max hyper s&g, but you have to pay attention to when you stop! After a winning streak, you have to stop, because I can tell you from experience that online poker does not allow you to win with any hands for a while.....then you have to switch to freerolls for a few days...!

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Pityesz1974 said:

i prefer NL texas h'em mtt and sit and go tournaments.

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Matt_Burns88 said:

When you say grow your bankroll, what does this mean exactly? Are you starting from $0? $10? $100? $1,000?
My answer would vary depending on the situation. Of course, from zero, you have no choice, you must start with free rolls. But as soon as you have any money in your account, you can start playing micros. Different sites off different options, but I would suggest SnGs are the best option at least at first. They're relatively low variance and a lot of weaker players play them so you should have a pretty decent edge. Once you're up to around $50 you can start playing MTT's. I wouldn't recommend playing them much before that as in and ideal BRM, you should have at least 100, if not 200 buy-ins. Once you're at $100+ I would play almost exclusively MTT's.

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