Bank roll for SNG

[sunfunbunch]

I'm pretty familiar with BR and RING games, but how does BR apply to SNG?

How much should my initial bankroll be for $5 +.5 and when would I move up to $10 +1 [in terms of BR and NOT skill level].

How much can i lose a day and still be ok? [does this still apply]

I play ring and want to have a separate "BR" for SNG. So I'm trying to see how this would work.

Thanks!!

[Rockymv]

depends on who you ask, most people say 20-25 buyins, though i routinely have downswings of more than 20 buyins.

[nogenius]

I recommend starting with $100 as the minimum for $5 + .5 SnGs (if your game is solid), $150 if you're just beginning SnGs.

I would move up to the $10+1's when you have $330 (30 buyins).

I would quit for the day anytime I lose more than 5-10% of my bankroll.

[sunfunbunch]

5-10%??

That means I would have to quit once I lose one sng...

You sure about that?

[nogenius]

When you're still playing the $5's, 10% is fine.

The accepted rule is to not risk more than 10% of your bankroll a day.

[vqc]

Are you going to multitable?

If No,
25-30 buyins

If yes,
alot more. =)
I would go with like 50-70 if you never want to reload and you multitable. You WILL go through swings.

[midas06]

yea, there are many differing views on this.

Ake says 60x, boost says 20x.

Go for more if in doubt about your ability to beat the game consistently

[lovemachine]

depends how much you are beating the game by, the lower your roi, the bigger the downswings you will periodically encounter. i'd suggest 50x buy-in although personally i perfer more because i mainly play party sngs and i like to have around 100x. also i don't know if it is necessary to quit after 5-10%. for example, if im 8 tabling party $55 sngs all day long it would be possible to lose 20 buy-ins if im running bad. that would be $1100. so for that to be in the 5-10% range that would mean my bankroll would need to be $11k-$22k bankroll just for $55 sngs. if i have 50-100 buy-in bankroll i could lose over 5% after just 1 hour of 8 tabling which means i'd have to quit for the day. this is why i prefer to have around 100 buy-in bankroll.

[XtraCoinz]

Although it seems like a very conservative approach, i suggest not starting without 100x the buy-in. You don't want to play jungle survival, you want to play poker. If you have concerns about loosing your whole bankroll, you aren't able to play agressive poker.

[Miffed22001]

id go for 30 buy ins. I would hope at the $5 buy ins you will soon begin to beat the game or at least break even therefore you need a solid 'roll but not an insane amount. As you move up id collect 5 extra buy ins per level so 35 for 10 40 for 15s etc.