Bankroll Help

[redsoxsox]

When is the best time to move up in bankroll. I have $250 right now in my bankroll and I play 5.50 sng's. Should i e moving up or wait till $300 or more.

[ZebraAss]

How long have you been playing. Do you play 1 tournament at a time?

[wiggs73]

More importantly, are you a winning player at the 5.50's? Generally, if you're winning at that level, you probably could be winning at the 11s as well.

[ZebraAss]

No that is not more important. If you make 1 cent for every tournament over 20,000 tournaments and now are at 250 bucks you are a winning player at 5+.5 but there is no way to know where you stand at 10+1. There is no way you can tell if you are a winning player by how much $ you have. You need # of T's.

Details. From the info you stated I say that you play 5+.5 until you have 1,000.

[wiggs73]

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If you make 1 cent for every tournament over 20,000 tournaments and now are at 250 bucks you are a winning player at 5+.5 but could be a losing player at 10+1

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Pardon my lack of details. When I say winning player, I don't mean having a .0018% ROI over 20,000 SNGs. With this in mind, if you started at like $50 bucks and ran it up to $250 with not much trouble, you are likely a 'winning' player at this level. I realize that would be a short term gain, and often short term gains aren't a great measure of success, but having played both levels we are talking about, as well as 20+2s, I can tell you there isn't much of a difference in skill levels between the 5.50s and the 11s. I say build up just a bit more, maybe to 300 and take a shot at the 11s. If you lose back down to say 200, move back down.

[ZebraAss]

Well having experience in the 5+1...and up to the 200+15. I can tell you right now that there is a difference. He should stay where he is. Until he has at least $500. If he turned 50 into 250 with strictly 5.5 tournaments he has a lot of self control and should build a rock solid bankroll so he can move up with out any hurdles.

Why go into the hot tub when the pool is already warm, whether you peed in it or not.

[redsoxsox]

I have had a chance to play the 10+1 and the 20+2 when I won tourny money at the poker stars site. I will say that I did have the best success at the 20+2 dollar tables and little success at 10+1 but I didnt get enough of a sample to know if I will actually go broke at that level. If I were to have $500 in my bankroll should I still try a stab at the 20+2

[redsoxsox]

True 100 SNGS isnt a big enough sample but I have played well over 100, but I never kept stats of how many. I am a winning player on the 5.50 SNGs though.