Trying to build a BR from 42 cents

I never deposited on PokerStars but played in some freerolls....up till last night i had like 42 cents....i ended up placing in a 25 cent tourney and now i am up to 97 cents....i have decided to keep going with this.....i don't play on PS much but they have these 10 cent, 25 cent, and 50 cent tourneys....i'm deciding if i should play the 10 cent tourneys and be conservative with my money...or just try the 50 cent and go for more money??? any suggestions?

According to BR management, you should only be playing in $.04 games right now. If $.10 is the lowest, I'd say start there. No reason in giving away what you've worked for. You can play 9 $.10 tournies, or 1 $.50 tourney. I'd say stick to $.10. Once you get your BR up to $10, then try the $.50 tourney. However, that may be hard to wait for, so at least $5.00+

I've been trying this as well. I started with a 3.50 fr cash, nearly bust it, cashed in the 25c like you, more cashes and got it up to about $12 then all the way the back down to my last $. Cashed again in the 25c and now back up to $5. That's been about a month of play on Stars and it's been a real slog.

But enough about me . In answer to your question, obviously standard BR practice goes out the window when you are so shortly rolled as we are, but you can still get a lot of play out of it. I would recommend playing with a 10x rule. So stick to the 10c games until you have 2.50 or more then switch to the 25c tourneys until you can get up to $5, then to the 50c until you can get to $10. Once you can get past 10$ you can start looking at what else you might want to try, but don't let yourself get dragged back down to pennies again like I did because I started the $1 and $2 games, missed, and its a real bitch to have to start all over.

im so tempted to sit down at a .01/.02$ cash game i think ill just stay away and play 10 cent tourneys..ill be in the one today at 4 pm........ill let everyone know how my BR is doing after a while too

well i just placed in the .10 cent tourney i am up to $1.47 now lol and i might be having some extra money on bodog im closde to the money in there 500$ frreroll with 50 k in chips!

PokerStars is bad for this since they have min of $1

.10 cent tournys appear to be your best bet or pokerstars

I know...I want to soo bad but i am resisting to follow through with my plan wish me luck!

I wouldn't sit down at a .1/.2 table at PS unless you want to be thrown around and more or less gamble trying to double up. It looks like you're doing a very nice job in those tournaments. Very nice, since it's the lowest possible buy-in = donkeys galore. I'd stick to the tourneys, if I were you, until you had more in the BR to attempt buying in for $1 at a ring and risking a large % of the BR. Good luck.

Play the absolute lowest limits possible. Keep playing freerolls. Its a very tough challenge and the only ways to do it are with a little luck and some good bankroll management.

Good luck

I started at pokerstars with 0 I played freerolls till I got to 20 bucks .
now I play the 25 cent tourneys. and an occasional sit n go . It took months but I'm up to about 70 bucks right now. Placed 4th in a 25 cent tourney for 40 bucks a few weeks ago. Its a grind dude but keep it small and play all the freerolls you can handle to build your br for free. I'm not gonna loosen up till I get past 100 bucks. good luck

My strategy is different in this situation.

Build up $10 first with free rolls. Sit with $1 at .01 / .02 tables and grind it out. It's a more "rampage" style to building a bankroll, risky but can be effective if used correctly.

I agree. I've had 94 cents sitting in fulltilt since my first CC freeroll, Going to eventually build it up.

My best win in a donk-a-thon was $4.75 on Bodog...that's gone. I'm a dork. I now practice BR with play money. Building good habits and all, ya know...

Or you could work for 2 hours in your day job, deposit $50 bucks and start playing $2 SnG's...... Save yourself 3 months of misery.


Just kidding, good luck with the BR building.

If I did that, I would be a felon...Class C offender in my state, and I would really prefer to learn poker on the outside

i was hoping to play in the CC freeroll for pokerstars but it on hold till november

Same here, lol

Curtis, I'll race ya. First to what? $50? or you wanna aim higher?

With a 42c BR, you should only be playing $0.02max, so don't play out of your BR

alright 50$ sounds good I am currently at. 1.47$ so gl ill up date in here or in a new thread on how im doing ill probably play the 10 Cent tourney @ 4 pm today