bankroll question

[chloee]

Hey everyone, long time lurker here! I know this question is probably running it into the ground for alot of you, but any responses would be most helpful [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I'm a live mid/high limit cash game player and am in the process of transferring 5k to an online bankroll to get in some of the internet action. My question would be if this amount is adequate for the $500 buy-in games, or if those are not around, the 2/4 which I am sure is $400 max. I've done my research on NL and feel that I can play much better than a bad player and will avoid confrontations with better ones until I have more experience. Normally, I'd feel that 10x buyin would be a sufficient short-term bankroll for any real life game, but I hear stories at the tables all the times of how much variance there is in online games since there is supposedly more multi-way action.

If anyone would care to comment on this bank size and the variance compared to live cash games, I'd be very thankful!

Chloee