Questions about MTing and BR

I want to start playing ring games more and was thinking about multi-tabling, but Im not quite sure if I am properly rolled for it and how I should approach it.

I currently have a $40 BR on PokerStars and plan on starting with 2nl. Using the 5% BRM rule, I can buy-in for $2. This allows me 20 buy-ins, which is perfect if I single table. But is $40 a big enough BR to multi-table with? I dont plan on doing too many tables, maybe 2 or 3 at max, but my main concern is how much of my BR am I going to putting on the table at one time.

Say I sit at 3 tables with $2 buy-ins each, thats putting 15% of my BR at risk, but sitting with 100BBs gives me enough room to maneuver at the tables and a larger return in profits. Or should I buy in for less for $1 buy-in each table, which is only about 7% of my BR, however Im really limiting myself by sitting down with only 50BBs. So, do I risk a larger percentage of my BR for more maneuverability and possibly more profits on big hands, or do I play it safe with a smaller buy-in, but Im forced to play pretty tight, dont have as much maneuverability, and possibly less profit?

Or is my BR just way too small to multi-table with and I should focus on single tabling for now? And if so, what is a good starting BR to MT with?

Sorry for going off topic but I think you should just grind at sngs, at small stakes imo sngs is just the easiest and fastest way to build up. as for cash games, i think 3 tabling 2nl would be fine since its just so fishy.

Your bankroll is a protection against you going broke per hand not per time. So the fact that you're playing many more hands an hour doesn't affect your bankroll requirement in any way, except that you may play worse. If you make more mistakes when you multitable, your win-rate will go down, your standard deviation will go up and you will need a bigger bankroll because of that.

If you're crushing the games, though, it doesn't matter if you're crushing at the rate of 50 hands an hour or 900 hands an hour.

excellent point, also would like to add, when you play 1 table, sometimes you may try to get tricky with some hands rather than if you were multi tabling you wouldn't have time to get tricky since you would be in other hands.

What FP said, assuming you don't tilt. If you're MTing and you tilt it could hurt your bankroll faster as you may make dumb plays on all tables. But as long as you don't tilt and start throwing money away, BRM is the same regardless of number of tables.

Also, does the 2nl stakes appeal to you? I'd rather jam my leg with a thumbtack and play world of warcraft than do anything less than 25nl. Of course, I have a good paying job working for myself so money isn't quite the issue it is for me than it is for others ... but if you are playing SNGs and winning, I say wait until your BR hits $350 to $400 and warm yourself up at 10nl and then move to 25nl when you get to $450 - $500.

I like playing SNGs, but my results are not as consistent as I would like them to be. I play MTTs every now and then, but my results with those are ROFLable. I dont mind starting off at 2nl, I've never really gave ring games a chance/try seriously and its something different. I've had OK results in my very few ring game sessions, but Im not quite sure how I'll do in the long run, though.

So, I guess Im looking for a change of pace and something different because Im not quite sure if MTTs and SNGs are the game for me. I love playing them, but my neg results make me wonder if I should continue...