Online Poker Forum - time to move up?

bleffo19 · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:27 am Post subject: time to move up?

over the last month since i've deposited i've been playing $2 + .25 sng's to work my bankroll up. after close to 100 sng's my ROI is sitting at 36%, which is alright.

i ran into a nice little cash injection for my BR today (i won a wsop fantasy freeroll Razz

) which bumped up by BR to just under $300 - 3x what i deposited. it also means that based on my BR rules i can move up from $2.25's to $5.50's.

my only "worry" (if you can call it that) is that i didn't win my way up entirely playing sng's, so im not sure if im ready to tackle $5.50's yet. so my questions are -

1. how much better/different is the play in 5.50's to that in 2.25's?

2. with my ROI based on a relatively small sample space, do you think it's time to move up?

Kam1972 · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:54 am Post subject: Re: time to move up?

fat rugger · Royal Flush Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 761

I think Kam is right on here. Give it a shot, if you run bad you can just step back down.

I doubt that the skill level will be a huge increase.

The 100 games isn't a great sample size but it is enough to show that you have a clue about playing SNG's and it is worth stepping up.

lenny_bruce · Message Board Junkie Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 1373

%36 ROI is a lot better than just 'alright', it's great, so don't be too disappointed if you see it drop a bit as you play more sng's.

It sounds like you're crushing the $2 games and you have the BR for the $5 games, so I'd definitely give them a shot. In my opinion, you won't find much of a skill difference between the two, if any. If you lose a few and it makes you uncomfortable, then move back down until you think you're ready again.

Also, congrats on the tournament win. Good luck.

cubbies760 · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject:

If you multi-table (let's say 4 tables), then mix in 1 or 2 $5 SNGs, along with the other ones at $2.

Even that your ROI is absurdly high, it seems that you'll have no problem beating the $5 level.

Be prepared to drop back down if your BR is <$200

Danduy · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:00 pm Post subject:

Actually, you get in the bankroll of 50+ buy-ins for the 5.5$ sit & go's. If you can keep this up your bankroll will go up to 50 buy in for the 11$ sit & go's.
With this bankroll you're only 'risking' about 2% and you can play comfortably at the stakes you're willing to play.

Once you're bankroll drops down to 25 buy-ins, move a level back, the ones you have been playing very well so far with that ROI and try to build it up again. It takes a lot of patience and time, but if you do this right, you'll be playing at bigger buy-in in no time.

I've been playing the 5.5 sit & go's for a while and to me it seems that this is more like a learning school for most s&g players, there aren't that much players that go all in before the flop, more deception, but the play is not that sophisticated and rather straightforward. I took a shot at the 11$ today (played 4) and what i've seen there, man, when the second blind level came up, there where already a few players gone. All in with 33 - AJ and stuff while there stacks where well M25+

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