New $5+.50 player

(I have read the FAQ's, but this is only my 2nd post. Please be nice [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

My current bankroll is around $55. I don't really want to go through the hassle of depositing more through neteller, but I really want to try some STT's (As opposed to the $1+.20 45 person MTT's I am currently running.) I Have about 200 $1's under my belt, and this took me from $35 to $55.

I don't have poker tracker, but I have recorded some results in a spreadsheet. I have a pretty good grasp of pot odds, Fold Equity, and when to start "Pushbotting".

If anyone has experience going from $1 to $5, or general experience with $5's, I would love to hear from you. Any other missing information you might need, please ask.

Thanks for all your kind replies [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[mlagoo]

push preflop

[bawcerelli]

don't play turbo's

Tight early, push late. Don't be afraid to fold a good hand if there's a good chance you're beat. Listen to the warning bells and take their chips later. Discretion is the better part of valor.

[cha59]

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Tight early, push late. Don't be afraid to fold a good hand if there's a good chance you're beat. Listen to the warning bells and take their chips later. Discretion is the better part of valor.

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This is good general strategy.

If you really want to keep getting better, read this forum a lot, and post interesting hands here.

[unreal_nh]

these might help you...

Link 1

Link 2

[crew]

Read those links, and other posts, in order to improve your game. In terms of bankroll, you definitely have the risk of ruin with only a 11 buy in roll. If you play goot, you will be okay. The play quality will be as bad as you can imagine.

I've actually already seen those links, thanks for the repost though. I guess I'll give a few a try, see how it goes.

With my BR, how many SNG's can I safely play, then call it quits? I'm guessing play 4-5 to gauge how I stack up to the general playerbase?

[ThrillFactor]

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I've actually already seen those links, thanks for the repost though. I guess I'll give a few a try, see how it goes.

With my BR, how many SNG's can I safely play, then call it quits? I'm guessing play 4-5 to gauge how I stack up to the general playerbase?

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If you're here, and you've looked around, and you have just a basic understanding of the concepts you listed in your original post, then you're lightyears ahead of the general playerbase.

But do yourself a favor and deposit $100. With just 10 buy-ins you're going to be scared money and so risk-adverse on the bubble that you're going to need the deck to run over you to see any kind of return.

[JGlo]

If you have any basic understanding of the game, which it sounds like you do, you will be fine in the $5 SNGs. I have found that it goes something like this....

$5 sng - 4 people at the table have some idea of what they are doing. They just have to avoid the bad beat from a donk at the table and compete with each other to get ITM.

$10 sng - 5 people

$20 sng - 6 people

Play tight early on, when you catch a hand, bust'em because they will call anything at the $5.