S&G bankroll specs

[William Wilson]

Hello all,

I've heard much about the 300xBB bankroll for limit games, but haven't heard anything specific on how much BR these S&Gs require.

I plan on starting with $5 one- and two-table S&Gs at Stars, how much do I need to handle the swings (or find out if I suck).

Thanks in advance.

[t_perkin]

30 buyins to be on the safe side.

Tim

[Yahve]

Hi William,

Im gonna say around 10 times the buy in, i started playing 5+1 single table at party poker with 50$ and i ever need to cash in again... when i got up to 100$ i switched to 10+1 single table and im still doing good... i think 10 times the buy in is a good bankroll to start with!!

[t_perkin]

10x Buyin is definately not enough to gaurentee you will not go bust.

It is far from uncommon for people to go on losing streaks of 15+ tournaments (read nottom's recent post)

Yes, you may well be fine with only 10x. But that is not a SAFE amount.

Of course you have to remember that it doesn't matter how big your bankroll is if you are a losing player....

Play 200 SnGs. If you are a net winner after that then you can *begin* to say with some confidence that you can beat that level.

Tim

[Losing all]

Listen to Perkin, 10 is way too low. I do alright, and I've had many 6 game losing streaks, 1 8 game losing streak, and my fair share of 1fer10 type streaks.

one other thing, I started off winning from the getgo playing 10+1's, not so much because I was good, but others were so bad. I might be way behind the learning curve, but it took me a good 500 of these before I truely learned how to play them well (still no expert by any means, but I feel like I'm getting there) I guess my point is that there's no shame making easy (even if only small amounts of) money taking your time to learn how to play Sng's.

[DarkKnight]

10 Buy-ins is definately not enough. I've been on a steady upclimb and have had more than 10 Buy-in swings to the downside.

I've done some simulations that suggest 30 should be enough.

DK

[Nottom]

I consider myself a decent player and am in a 20+ buyin downswing.

[MensaIQ178]

if you suck- no br is big enough. my adice- dont play tourneys until you have a strong-competitive-profitable live game.

[maplepig]

30 buyin for most of the game, a bit more for $100 and up

[GoSox]

For the 5's and 10's I find 20 is sufficient. I'd stress though that if you lose 5 in a row, stop playing for a while. Regroup and then start up again slowly. I find the losses tend to come in bursts as you try to make up for the recent losses.