5 person S&Gs: First 250 checkup

[theredpill5]

I guess it depends on your bankroll. I had a $400 bankroll (on the site) and was playing the $30 SNG's. I took that to about $700 then I had one day were I lost 5 buy-ins and I considered that to be disaster. I guess I overreact a little. The opponents I faced that day seemed tougher to me. After that , I won a little more and then went elsewhere as it seemed some sharks moved in.

[WebGuySteve]

I think that you are correct in a few ways. First, the presence of 1 or 2 sharks will impact the game tremendously because it's only 5 people instead of 10.

Also, if you consider a 5 buyin downswing disasterous, then yes! Look out for the downswings! I have had a few 5 buyin downswings, but I always bounce back.

I actually just ran the results in sets of 50, and had 1 set at an ROI of 1.8%. So while the variance is much smaller, downswings are still present, just a fact of poker.