Is $25 enough?

my buddy sent me 25 bucks on tilt i normally play on pokerstars but i was just wondering if 25 is enough to build a bank roll or if i can should i try and put 25 more on.

$50 would be alot better so you could comfortably play $2 or $3 sngs, but $25 is definitely doable.

$25 is fine. Just play those 1.25 9 man SnGs.

You can do it with $25 if you are patient and grind it upward in the very low buy-in games, but it would be easier with ~$100.

In my early days playing online, my usual deposit at a new site was $30, and I have several times grown that to over a thousand. Now that I have a much bigger BR, I usually start with $100 and play $5 MTTs. I get 20 shots for my $100, and will normally hit a final table and bounce my balance up to a good level within those 20 tries.

Play the smallest tourneys.
It'll take a while longer, but just keep playing the low priced games until you can move up.

If I was able to turn $50 into over $1,000, then you cna surely turn $25 into something. Play smart and disciplined.

If you can't make a good bankroll out of $25, then do you really think you can make one out of more? Just play games where you can make money...either ring games or $1 s&g

That depends what your game is. if You like ring games, Full Tils the lowest is 0.05-010, and for that 25 dollars is a little low. If you like sit n gos 25 dollars should do just fine if begin at the lowest level.

$25 is fine to start out with, my friend turned it into a few hundred. He started out by playing lower limit ring/sng games, after he got to $75 he went up a $1-2 in buy-in sng's. It won't work this way for everyone but it is possible to do. gl at the tables and i hope you do the same.

Your only choice with 25.00 is the lowest SNG's. 22 $1.10 or 11 $2.20. I don't see how you could play a ring game. Two bad beats and your broke.

Proper BRM and you'll be fine. I liked starting with $50 or $100, but $25 that was GIVEN to you means you're on a freeroll right now and anything you make is all profit.

Play smart and you'll build that roll up in no time.

Yes. You can do it, but it might be a little frustrating, especially on FullTilt than compared with PokerStars.

As people have mentioned, the smallest ring game stakes the FT has is 10NL, with a relatively steep rake nonetheless. PokerStars is a lot better if you want to get into ring.

If you're a STT and MTT player you should be fine. The rake on both sites is on a much more even level, but FT's have quicker blinds in their tournaments (SnG's at least). It may add a little more variance in your results which wouldn't be ideal with a $25 bankroll, but it just requires a little different skill set to beat them. I think FT's blinds go up every 6 minutes for as compaired to 10 minutes for Stars. So in that sense they are almost like a turbo. I believe there are articles on strategies for them in our archives.

$25 is fine if you don't mind grinding.

I would much rather start with $100 or $200 though

makes it alot easier and can play better limits.

gl on your quest

Good to know that it's possible to build a BR with a couple of bucks.
I'll definitely have to try soon

i started with a freeroll and have got it up to 184$ so anything is possible good luck

If you have enough patience, you can turn the $25 in a nice bank roll. Someone suggested to play $1.25 SNG...I think that if SNGs is what you will choose to play, start with the $2.25 tables, as the admin fee is the same and pay-out is bigger. Good luck!

i think $25 its ok for sng , for ring u`ll need more , good luck anyways ;-)

Yes you can turn 25.00 into more money.

Decide which games you want to play.

Ring SnG or MTTs

Play the lowest buy-ins of games.

Don't move up to fast

and good luck

Thanks everyone, i play mainly sngs and mtt, i would like to start with more but like i said i mainly play at pokerstars where i have a decent sized BR, i just wanted to see if i can turn 25 into a decent bankroll, i played 3 1.25 9 person sit n gos last night cashed in all 3, 2-3rds and a 1st, and i played the ferguson but was 50 away from cashing so my roll is at 28 something so the quest starts . someone said something about playing the 2 dollar sngs since the fee is still the same, what are others peoples thoughts on that? should i stick with the 1 dollars for awhile or could i play the 2 dollars?

People have turned freeroll winnings into hundreds and more so $25 is a good booster. As was said BR management is key though.
As for your $2 question, after playing a few $1.25 games and have added to your BR try the $2.25 games and see where it takes you.If you drop back to your $25 base, go back to the $1.25 games again.

Something you might want to try in the $2.25 range is the 36 seat SnG sat games.4 places paid but winner gets a $50 + $5 Super Sunday $500K ticket. A good ROI for the money if you win.I've converted these tickets to tourney dollars and cash if I couldn't make the big game.

I made my roll from Freerolls...$25 is more than enough...Hell I just turned $1.84 to $600 in less than 2 weeks.

$25 is more than enough. Let me tell you what I did. I won a freeroll and was paid $.65. yup 65 cents. I then played for .60 their daily doubl satellite tournament. Made top 8 which paid out a $24 token. I then cashed in that token for $22. I then started playing their 3.30 KO Sit n Go 90 players. Made 50 dollars there. I continued to play similar tournaments and in 3 days I turned that .65 cents to $900. So Yes $25 is more than enough.

25 $ is fine, but nothing with you can start building a real bankroll. In my opinion you should start with a br from 50 bucks.But you can/should try it!!
pl write back if you was successfull.

well first of all theres a $50. Minimum deposit at FT, but you can do it, over 3 years ago when we could use Neteller i deposited $50. into my Neteller account, then i deposited $20. at Noble poker when we could play there too, Thanks to the USA government we cant use Neteller or play at certain sites, anyways, i built a bankroll with the $20 i put on Noble and have never deposited again,, so, it can be done if you play smart and use bankroll management, i only play certain events and only play MTT`s,, hope that answers your question,, gl,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, buck

Heck, Does your buddy need a NEW buddy? My bankroll is only .88 cents on FTP.

I would say the heads up SnG's are one of the best ways to make money with that bankroll. Maybe play them until you have enough to safely play ring games.

No, I disagree with you maniacmath13. It's very hard to be a steady winner in Heads Up SnGs. Even if you might get on a hot streak in the beginning, you will almost come out even, maybe a little ahead if you're lucky.

I disagree with iMaGiN. It's really easy to win HU SNG at the low level if you are a great Headsup player. I started w/ a $5 bankroll that I got from begging (not really too proud of that), and now from just playing $2 SNG I'm around the $40 mark, (plus I keep all my friends bankrolls in check by giving them money all the time cus they lose it all the time).

Well if it works for you Tjyff, great for you man. I just know a lot of people who tried that approach and got practically no where. Some even lost after so many bad beats.

i think that enough for your bankroll

25 is a good start but you can get into alot of trouble on tilt with bad beats so i would play some small sng to start and build your bankroll b4 hitting some big tables

The rake on the $1 is higher than the $2 which makes it more difficult to build, but the play on the $1 are much worse than the $2. That's not to say the play at the $2 is good, just that the $1 is much worse. I ran some tests in the turbos and found my ROI to be better in the $1 than the $2, so for me the worse play outweighed the decreased rake, but ymmv.


But I think this is similar at Stars. What is not similar is the awful rake at the 0.05/0.10 ring games at Tilt, so avoid those.

um 25 dollars is gona be tough to build from but sitngos and satellites will be ur best freind. i would advise to stay away from any ring games since the lowest limit is 25c-50c and nl 5c10c. but gl on the felt hope to see another thread in a few weeks how u got over 100 and dont know wat to play with ur roll!

Go for it!!!

I started out on FT with only freerolls over a year ago and am still playing with their money


Just follow the advice everyone has given you about BRM and play smart.

Good luck out there

You would be amazed on how many people have turned $25 into thousands..... You can do it, just use proper BRM...