Bankroll for Single Table SnG's

What do you think is an appropriate buy in for single table Sit N Go's? would you say that 30 buy ins is appropriate? i just wnt to know because i took a slight hit in my bankroll from $106 down to $89(started at $20), just from MTT (i feel its worth playing now and again for the chance of a turbo booter) but i generally use BRM, i however dont want to drop back down to playing $1 SnG's becuse quite frankly there depressing. i therefoe want to be playing the $3.40 ones so at least if i play and win im getting something back worth having.

Any thoughts?

30 buy in's sounds quite aggressive, especially if your playing 9/10 seaters. 25-30 isn't out of the question, but one bad down-swing can see you broke.
How did you make your original $20 into $100+? If the answer is by grinding the low SnG's, then i'd say try the $3 games by all means. Looks like you've found the style that works for you at low stakes.
If you simply had a good run in an MTT and won a nice sum (a turbo booster as you put it) then I'd have to advise you to start bit lower. Even if its only hitting the $1 'double or nothing' games till your back over the $100 mark.
Obv the odd's of cashing an MTT drop significantly, as you've found out! I wouldn't advise by in's over a dollar there for you at the moment.
Check out the 27 and 45 seat $1 SnG's on Stars, these combine a sit n go style in a Multi table format and can pay well. Sounds like these games could suit your play.

I agree with kevkojak, I know the $1's are depressing but you have to take emotion out of the game and make the smart decisions. slower is safer.

when I first started playing, it was sngs. someone suggest a brm for those on here, so i followed it, and built my br up:
when you have 20 times your current buy-in, plus one times the next one up, then you move up, if you havent you stay where you are till you have, ie, 20 times $1.20(buy-in plus rake) plus 1 times $2.40 equals $26.40, so if you have $26.40 or above then you move to the $2 sngs, and so on. Hope that's easy to understand?

If you're fairly decent at SNGs and MTTs (which it sounds like you are) then I'd try the $1 45-runners. Even third pays $7 and they're no tougher to beat than the single-table games.

Lol, I think I follow that. Sounds like a pretty safe rule. Your looking at close to 25 BI there then, which is what I considered aggressive BRM but I'm probably wrong.
My only concern was which levels were played previously. If OP has built up his roll from micro SnG's, i'd jump at the $3 level, definately. If it has come in one large hit though, (i.e. final tabling a large field $1 buy in for example), i'd grind a few more weeks at the lower level.
Need a clear view of where you've had success really daleyboy. If you are comfortable with low level SnGs played previously then move up with your $90. If not very much experience, start back at the beginning! lol. Try the different varietys and field sizes to see what you're better at.

Dont be afraid to try the $3 and step back down if you feel your roll is taking too much of a hit.

Hi Daleyboy

How much bankroll you need imo is dependant on your ROI (return on investment)
If you are a winning player at $3 sngs,say with 15% ROI then I think you have more than enough bankroll for this level.25-30 buy-in downswing would be huge (and unlikely) in this situation.
If you have a -ROI at this level then adjusting to better stake to continue to work on your game may be the best.
If you dont have a record at this level,but have a decent ROI at $1 or $2,Then I think you could try $3 sngs with 6-7 buy-ins and if you lose those buy-ins you would have around $65 left and can drop down to $2 sngs and be back to 30 buy-ins and at a level you can beat .
Try not to look at a lower stake as moving "down"
I look at it as I am moving to a stake that I know I am going to make $$ over the long run (based on your past results)
If you multi-table then that would change things a bit,but not alot
At the new level you might consider cutting back on your tables till you are comfortable with your ROI at this level
GL at the tables




Snow

For me it depends totally on how risk averse you are. I don't think there is anything wrong in the range 15-50 buy-ins. The key is to make sure that you aren't playing too far out of your comfort zone and also not playing too safe - you need to feel a little bit of edge - to get that the winnings must make a difference to your bankroll.

Man I am a major nit, I like snows post on this subject and his veiwpoint that its not moving down is something I am going to try incorperate into my game.

cheers for the advice guys, ive built it up mainly from Sng's with the odd $20 from the nightly $2.75 tourny i play(that tournys a must its part of my daily routine lol) i just played a $3.40 i cashed but only 3rd so it was $5.50 or what ever. im gonna stay at the $3.40 unless i drop down to less than $43.40 (im going to use less than 40 entrys of the lower limit + 1buy in at the level i want to be at as my bracket.

Ive decided I like having around 30 buyins, but I am cashing out some of my BR on 1 site which is going to leave me with somewhat less than 25 buyins and back down a level. For the games I am playing I feel this is more than enough. I guess like someone else said its all about what your comfortable with and what games you are playing.

i was thinking that i should play a level until i have 30/40 buy ins at that level but if i look at it as when i have 40 by ins of a level then i only need to have one buy in of the next level to play it and aslong as if i reach less than 40 buy ins of the previous level i move down then it doesnt seem to bad. so in theory i can move up to $5 when i $141.50(roughly)

Yea, Im withdrawing $150 from my $200 BR on Players Only, at PO I mostly play their Double or Nothings. I started out with like a $2 win in a freeroll. Once I hit like $55 I switched from $2 DoNs to $5s and if I lost that 1st $5 game I would go back to grinding $2s. Only reason I was moving up this level so early was for the better profit. I really wanted to have about $60 giving me almost 30 $2 DoN buyins, but looking at my stats for $2s I figured starting again with $50 BR is going to be fine.

ive managed to boost my bankroll to $121 i kind of in a heat of the moment (being sunday) abandoned BRM and played the $5 2R+1A tourny i double bought in and added on spending $15 but cashed for $33 tonight i managed to cash in my regular $2.75 tourny for just under $15 its back to discipline tommorow on the sit and go's. I played a couple today and cashed in third place so im hoping i can master the $3.40 level soon.

oh and i also managed to win a 60FPP 100 person steps qualifier on stars. so i now have a level 2 steps voucher aswell.

Ciao for now.