i need a lot of help

I can not deposit money on my full tilt account, (because I do not have any money to spare). So i decided to build a bankroll by freerolls and
entering the 500k playchip freeroll.

I have managed to get 5 dollars in my account. I want to build a bankroll but my bankroll is too small for me to build up safely,
and whenever i try to build it up little by little. Things happen that just make me lose all of it, like aces losing to king 5 when i go all in pre flop (just a strategy) l.jpg (http://www.cardschat.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26585&d=1267581413)▲ and that happens, my bankroll is too small for me to have those kinds of bad beats but i can't get money if i don't risk it

I am playing .01/.02 stakes because i do not feel like risking most of my bankroll by losing just one bad beat.

My question, how can i build up a bankroll with only 5 dollars safely. (I also do not feel like risking a fifth of my bankroll on a
tournament like the daily dollar or the Ferguson).

Play the single table daily dollar satellites, they have a low buy-in and are super soft.

seeing as how the guy above me decided to not read your entire post perhaps i can be a bit more helpful...


With a limited bankroll of 5$ you will always run significant risks of going broke (variance etc), but with proper bankroll management and good play i believe you can build your bankroll in time.

One thing i would suggest is taking a look at the LIMIT holdem tables, playing the smallest stakes... the limit betting even though promotes people calling for flush's etc, it also will decrease the amount you can loose on one bad beat...

Also, perhaps it would be good to take a look at various games, (omaha hi/low, razz, etc) the games are very soft at these games because many people dont truly understand how to beat them... if you do your homework and learn the less popular games, and play some limit to decrease variance i think that should be a little more comfortable in terms of loosing a good portion of your bankroll in one hand...


OH... also, when your playing, dont play scared, the minute you play with scared money, its playing bad poker...

Hopefully this helps

Lmao I guess you didn't read my post then, the DD single table sattys are $0.25+$0.05, so if you have $5 in your BR then you have almost 17 buy-ins for these SNG's, which is pretty safe imo, especially since they're so beatable. Also, on Full Tilt, the lowest level for most limit games is .05/.10, so you're probably putting your entire bankroll down at that table at once, and the "smaller pots" are still a significant portion of your bankroll. So don't start spreading the s**t around when you've posted like eight times... Srsly

cjatud is right.

I built my bank roll from 5 dollars to 30 dollar range. I started off playing some .25+.05 which are extremely easy to win. There not much fun at all since you will make money very slowly, but for now this would be your safest bet.

I am no expert by far, and I don't play limit often, but when I do I find there are way more ppl that treat it as a drawing game and I get sucked out on way more.
I would suggest the 2nl if you prefer cash games, just be careful and play abc poker.
If you are better with tournies, the dd satty's and playing that would be the way to go.

even at 30 cents per entry that still represents 6% of the original 5$ starting stack giving a total of 16 buy-ins where a profit must be made. I'm not saying this is not possible but it goes against my personal idea of proper bank roll management... the lowest games on Tilt are 0.01/0.02 for NL and 0.05/0.10 for limit which works out to be 0.02/0.05 blinds with a 0.05 cap on the flop and 0.10 cap on turn / river, which means that loss can be minimized.

One "beatable" game for one person is not necessarily a "beatable" game for another person, i know i garbage at tourneys, especially these cheap tourneys where people commit to hands with rags...

Anyways... my 2 cents

***OH a little edit... my post count doesnt mean anything towards my ability in poker***

My comment didn't have anything to do with your ability to play poker, it had to do with your snarky comment after my post. I mean, you have to have a reasonable sense for poker since you understand the importance of BRM. You just acted like my post was worthless, when I thought it was a good response to OP that the others ITT agree with.

You could play the limit games, but I still feel like they're more risky than the DD satty's. In those SNG's, you can probably sit out the first three rounds and still cash. They probably have less variance than any ring game.

Nut peddle 2nl until you have a decent amount of buy ins for it. Then loosen up a bit and grind your way up through the levels as well as playing some low buy in tourneys here and there.