Moving up entry fees

bman

I was just wondering how much do you need in your bankroll before you go up a level in SnGs? I'm on about lower levels here, $6 to $11 to $22. Would 10 - 15 entry fees be enough, or should it be more? If you just moved up a level and had five non-ITM finishes would you move back down, or just continue on and hope the varience levels out?

ArmaniJeanss

Pick an amount X (it could be the amount in your bankroll now, or a slighly higher target).
AS long as you have above X, play at the higher level - if you fall below X then move down. You will have a period of moving up/down repeatedly as your bankroll hovers around X, but hopefully you get yourself established in the higher level eventually. Then obviously you set yourself a Y figure to move up to the next highest level etc.
Because you may only play one game before moving down, you don't really have a bankroll issue. Obviously you have to be disciplined enough to may the move down though if you fall below X.
I've used this method to move through the STT levels on Tribeca.

bman

Good advise, thanks. Never thought of doing it that way before.

5starpool

I don't particularly play STT's but I believe the standard advice usually posted here is to have approx 30 buyins for a level before you play there and to move back down if you lose 10 of them, but I am open to correction on this.

I am not a disciplined online player who sticks to a bankroll anyhow, so best not to listen to me too much on this sort of thing.

eoghan104

5starpool wrote:

I don't particularly play STT's but I believe the standard advice usually posted here is to have approx 30 buyins for a level before you play there and to move back down if you lose 10 of them, but I am open to correction on this.

I am not a disciplined online player who sticks to a bankroll anyhow, so best not to listen to me too much on this sort of thing.

Here here, I wish i had the disicpline to manage a bankroll..........

I think about 30 buyins is right here but i would get greedy and move up too quickly. If you stick to what Dom outlined you should clean up bman..... best of luck!

jtsuited

i used to be able to manage with 15 buyins for a particular level. But in my experience I experienced more variance in the lower levels, and then one day i went broke!!
Make sure you drop down when it's necessary. It's very difficult to drop down, especially if you've been playing perfectly but it's the only thing that will stop you going broke!

jonnner

I used to play STT's exclusively. Started at $3's and worked my way up to $50's.
I kept a bankroll of 40 buyins to be careful and believe me you may need that.
I dropped 25 buyins over the space of two weeks (playin around 30 a week).I didn't drop down levels because I felt I was too good:o .
Looking back now I know that it didn't matter how good I was, I was just on a major cooler and wasn't gonna win at any level. Obviosly I should have moved down to ride out the storm whilst losing as little as possible.
Anyway it made me sick so I quit playin STT's (and considered quitting alltogether) and just concentrated on cash games.
SO my advice 30-40 buyins (or better discipline than me:D )

bill_ashmount

I currently have a bankroll of about 70 times the buy-in for SNGs (Probably way to cautious, but I like it that way).