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da da90
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 Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: why so few $3 + 0.50 stake sngs? |
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| Does anyone know why. I've been playing $2 + 0.50 stake sngs for a while now but i feel I think its time to move up stakes, however there is so few 3 dollar sngs and what's even more annoying is they're all super turbo. Im pretty sure my bankroll is too small to be playing $5 stakes, could anyone recommend what sort of size your bankroll should be before you start playing at the 5$ stakes? |
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vectorspace
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| If you don't like playing the super turbos, then stay at the $2 level until you have a comfortable BR for the $5.50 or $6.50 level. The amount you need is up to you. It's whatever amount you feel comfortable playing with without worrying that it damaged your ability to keep playing if you lose it. Most pros recommend you have at least 20 buy ins at a particular level. That means you need at least $110 to play $5.50 SNG's. Personally, I feel that is still too small. I wasn't comfortable playing $5.50's until I had about $200. I don't know what your BR is, but if you're just a little short of what you'd like to have at the next level, then you might play mostly lower buy ins with a couple of higher buy ins thrown in. This will give you some early experience for the next level and if you lose, you can go back to the lower level. For example, if you have $80, I would continue to play the $2.25's but for every 5 $2.25 games, I would play 1 $5.50 game or something like that. |
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da da90
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for your response it was very helpful |
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vectorspace
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| ty and gl. If you're a winning player, then it is never a mistake to play too low of a buy in, but it can be a huge mistake to play too high. Only move up when YOU are comfortable with taking the bigger risk. And don't be afraid to move back down if you start to feel that you're risking too much. |
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Cdub512
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| For the $5 dollar sit and gos, id have at least 50 buy ins for it but more preferably 1 buy in being 1% of your bankroll or less is the way to go. If you are doing really good at a lower level id stay for a little while then eventually move up when your bankroll gets to the certain point where each sit and go is 1% of your bankroll. |
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Azonicbh
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Cdub512 wrote: |
| For the $5 dollar sit and gos, id have at least 50 buy ins for it but more preferably 1 buy in being 1% of your bankroll or less is the way to go. If you are doing really good at a lower level id stay for a little while then eventually move up when your bankroll gets to the certain point where each sit and go is 1% of your bankroll. |
As much as I agree with proper bankroll management , I don't like your idea very much. My reason is simple , the rake is quite high at that lower lvl (especially the 1 and 2$ games). I would move up to 6.50$ games as soon as you have 20 buy ins for that. I know its riskier. But assuming that you are a solid sit n go player at those lvl , you should be ok.
I would stay at those lvls until you have pretty much 40 buy ins for the 11$ games and when you reach the 22$ you can go for a more conservative bankroll management approach. I understand the 100 buy in rule , and I apply it at the stakes I play , but at the lower lvls you can afford a bit more risk if you are a solid player in order to build a bankroll faster and cut on the rake you pay.
Remember , the extra rake you pay at that lower lvl can be the difference between making profits , and loosing money.
Although , I might add one thing. Like someone said earlier , there is a lot of psychology to it. If you're not comfortable and your game suffers when you are taking big risk , then of course go down in stakes.
For me , 20 buy ins were fine for the 5~15$ buy in range. But didn't play 22$ games until I had 40 buy ins and now I need a 100 buy ins to be in a partcular stakes.
A good way to have an artificial jump in lvls is too have games from 2 different buy ins. For example , you could be in one 11$ game and one 22$ games , which is and avarage of 16,5$ a game. You could try this once you have 40 buys ins of that 16,5$.
Hope this helps |
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