How to build a bank roll

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Sneaky Feet

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I'm undecided. Currently I'm playing .01/.02NL I've got $20.00 available as my current BR. I'm trying to decide if I should just work on building from there or throw another $20.00 into it every pay check. At the moment I know I'm not good enough to play higher stakes so that's kind of why I was thinking it would be better to build from the $20.00 I now have available, but at the same time, I am getting better (I think) and may feel comfortable at a higher level faster than my current $20.00 bank roll could build to with in the same amount of time.

Thoughts?
 
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I'd suggest sticking with the .01/.02NL and grinding it out, but if you wish, and ""IF"" you can afford to lose it, nothing with putting a $20 in once in a while.
 
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keep working in micro limits until you feel more comfortable
 
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Yes, indeed grind the microstakes first. If you havent played in more serious stakes you wouldnt be feeling comfortable with just enough buy-ins. Building your bankroll in my oppinion doesnt mean just investing enough money to play a certain tournament or a limit. I always deposit a smaller amount and try to bring it up, not just to deposit. Because if I cant get it up to 50 lets say ( from 20 ) I better not deposit 50 aswell, it would be a waste of money.
If you play on PS there are 45-man $0.25c slow tournaments that are pretty easy to win. You can sit at two or three while playing at your cash table or something. You got the bankroll for them. Just depositing more and more might set you back a lot in personal pov. So, deposit $20, try to bring it up, if you fail - deposit another $20. This way you not only will have more experience, but you might cut down the losses.
Anyway, what I was trying to say is that when you want to play at stakes you havent played before just depositing money is not building a bankroll to me, its just the opposite.
 
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i am at similar sotuation
i am also sticking to .01/.02 for now
 
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Until you get to s significantly higher level, one where the money is meaningful, focus on your game, not your roll. If you're okay adding $20 from every paycheck, fine. Do it.

BUT... understand that the purpose of adding to your roll isn't to move up. It's mainly to have enough BR to move up when your game is ready. In addition, it gives you some flexibility to take shots in order to help gauge your readiness. For instance, let's say you feel you're improving and decide to take a 5 buyin / $20 shot at NL4. If your roll is say $60, you may want to wait until you've built it up to $80 since you do have to be prepared to lose the entire $20. But if it's $160 because you've added $20 a few times, you have much less concern about grinding out money to fund your shot.

there are two requirements to move up in stakes, enough BR and enough game. You can successfully move up with a small BR (trying to do this isn't recommended though) if you have enough game, but a large BR won't save you if you don't have enough game.
 
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The topic is how to build bankroll.
1. Good you started at micro limits not to hurt you and your BR.
2.You can use all the resources and promotions given by the site just to add money to your BR- like joining freerolls, exchanging your points to either tickets or real money,

Goodluck.
 
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