For beginners

What game in poker it is better to begin if on the account 5 dollars: sit and go, spin and go, cash games or tournaments?

i would most likely be playing small buy-in mtt,s and small buy-in sng,s with a 5 buck roll

It´s almost impossible to start playing MTTs with 5$ BR. You should play SNG, until you get 100BB to play MTTs . For example :

$0.55 -> You need 55$ BR.

For turbo Tournaments, add more 100BB, totalizing 200BB.

In my opinion, you can play Spins , but the variance is too hard to beat and you´ll need 200BB to start this idea and not break.

Some micro tournaments. I would search freerolls first

If you are on bet online you can play 5cent sngs but I think you want to play freerolls to start. till you get a proper bankroll to play with

I'm starting with the freerolls. I think I've learned a lot already and getting better.

In PS, you can play either spin or go $ 0.25 $ 0.25 MTSNG

If you are trying to build up your bankroll reliably then you should try MTSnGs. These tournies have a lower amount of variance than spins, and they go down to very low stakes ($0.02 990 mans and $0.10 360 mans on pokerstars for instance). Of course you can also play freeroll MTTs such as the cards chat freeroll etc, or you can try to get a place in the pokerschool leagues if you are using Stars (tap on 'school' within the client). Don't try to move up to fast, and expect it to take a while to earn each dollar. When you get to $30 - $50 or so you can try some spins or micro MTTs. Good luck!!

TheMagic said:

It´s almost impossible to start playing MTTs with 5$ BR. You should play SNG, until you get 100BB to play MTTs . For example :

$0.55 -> You need 55$ BR.

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0.55 * 9 games is 4.95. If he have 5$ hhecan play 9 mtts
Why its imposible? Due to bankroll management? With 5$ there are no br management because any game is higher than yr br. (Ex. 0.11c mtts )

freerolls baby, spend those 5 dollars on some micro tournament add ons

freerolls and cash of 0.02, 0.05, 0.10 until you learn and be confident ...

Well I see three options.. First you can leave those $5 alone, and play some freerolls, and try to get some more $ for your BR. That seems like a wise way to go. Or, you can play $0.25 45 players STG and see how are those working out for you. Or or, you can sit at the cash game table with $1, and see if you can double that up. But that is risky, you can easily loose all those $5. So, I would suggest those STG's. Good luck buddy!

It's not been very long ago that I had only $6 left on one of my sites. I done the same as you are now. It's always good to get some opinions before you pick what you think will give you the best chance to win way more than what you put in. I took the whole $6 and registered for a MTT I had never played before. It was one I could never get up the energy I would need to last 5 hours of late registeration and then 4 or 5 more hours before it's over. In short, I was able to cash in that MTT for $160 and the next day with a few of those dollars, I played in another MTT that I have played many times but never cashed in. I was able to cash in it for $86. So things do happen that maybe the last thing you would have thought of. GL to you. This post is not in anyway meant to influence you to try the same thing I did. The advice you are getting is good and should help you make up your mind what to play

build it up on free rolls long prse but it will give u a idea of what people fold when u rase and if you make a mistake try to learn from it and the free rolls are like every hr

Start playing sng like the 0.10 360 players or the 0.25 90 players on pokerstars . Also the steps programm on 888poker helps you earn 0.10$ or 1$ tickets really easy and fast to play them later on sngs , check it

micro SNG tournaments 0,10 cents

5$.....
try playing a .10~25 and freerolls.. ticket would help too
or.. just deposit 50$ and go cash games..

i suggest you get yourself a HUD to track your results and easy review.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-software-tools-61/

IMHO - cash.
you can slowly build BR. 2,5,10...c SNG/MTT are a shove fest with 900 players and 3-5 min blinds, so best strategy is wait for JJ+ shove hope to get called by fish with 98s and then hope that your pair will hold-up.
if you are card dead for to long - you lost.
maybe I'm wrong but this is to much of a hustle

I think with 5$ bankroll you should play small buy in satelites to bigger tournaments.

ideally tournaments 0,50$ on 45, 90 people (if there are an experience and patience). If it is urgent, then spin&go (on my experience, there was a case where I from $5 have flown up to $700 in 2 weeks)

5$ is a lot of money i will play sit and go for 25 or 50 cents this is got for start or many turnaments for 2 cents

problem with such a small bankroll is that tourny buy ins at this level mean a long session and a lot of player to troll through before there is a chance of any returns similar to freerolls long hours small returns but with freeroll there is no risk spin and go if you get a lucky roll will advance quicker