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Cash games linked with bonus whoring is the best way to build a bankroll initially imho, starting with the cryptos monthly and working round the other sites a la bonus 101 on the bonus whores site. I put this as you asked for other methods not to be a dick theres a lot of free money out there needs to be considered.

I think some sites let tournaments count towards bonuses but is usually a torturous route.

To break the monotony I would go for a balanced hybrid route with sng's being the bread and butter with shots at smaller buyin mtt's mixed in. If you can multi the sng's then you should see decent growth relatively quickly.

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I basically used this exact method and pesonally I think it's as close to optimal as you can get.

Multi-tabling STTs for money, MTTs for fun.