mixing the bankroll, cash vs mtts

heve read a lot of threads regarding the bankroll management, they always go like if you are a professional then 1000 buyins or if recreational 100 buyins and so on,

my point here is this, let´s say a usd 1000 as a bankroll, how do you split your bankroll among cash and mtts? is it useful to do it or better play one kind?

i say that because i like to play mtts (i have fun playing them) but i´ve read that is better to play cash (the variance issue) so if you were to share your bankroll between them, will it be fifty fifty? or is there any calculation to get the right amount?

Personally I'd try stick to one format for the most part if you can! Don't get me wrong, I still play cash but that's because I simply get bored playing one variant to long, but I do try sticking to mainly sng's and mtts because that's where I'm most profitable.

In regards to a 1k roll it comes down to your ability as a player, for me I wouldn't play higher than 16nl-25nl. As for mtts, I'd probably play $5-$10 games, with the vast majority at $5, a 200 buy in rule is good for big player fields mainly to keep swings low and not effect my bankroll to much.

Imo 1000 is for huge fields like on poker stars... so makes sense also idk how to split it but what I do know is to find the one you like most and stick to it that way you can improve on that one variant way quicker

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Imo 1000 is for huge fields like on poker stars... so makes sense also idk how to split it but what I do know is to find the one you like most and stick to it that way you can improve on that one variant way quicker

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It doesn't hurt having 1000 buy ins but seems a lot for micros even with big fields. I think if you're a winning player, 200 seems fine. Most $5 games don't attract more than 2k fields, usually a lot are capped at 1k players.

I don't know about you but when I play too many MTTs in which, by the way, I do really good, even with a field in excess of 2000 players, I make profit. Problem is that when you play 1000's of hands in MTTs or SNGs, you will loose money at cash tables, guaranteed. The reason for this is that tourney game style is completely different from cash. You probably know this though, so, I'm just giving you a friendly reminder to save you some cash.

jj20002 said:

heve read a lot of threads regarding the bankroll management, they always go like if you are a professional then 1000 buyins or if recreational 100 buyins and so on,

my point here is this, let´s say a usd 1000 as a bankroll, how do you split your bankroll among cash and mtts? is it useful to do it or better play one kind?

i say that because i like to play mtts (i have fun playing them) but i´ve read that is better to play cash (the variance issue) so if you were to share your bankroll between them, will it be fifty fifty? or is there any calculation to get the right amount?

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In general it is necessary to play poker only if seriously. I only play one discipline, taking on both the two disciplines - is a meaningless act, a waste of time.

Can grow in any discipline, but you must first become an expert in at least one. If you're going to do both, and that - that you do not learn anything.

Example when u play in final table somehow, and you lose vs good players who are engaged only in tournaments and earn good money with them. Because In MTT only well paid only the first three places. That is money and if you win MTT - it is only on luck.Or You can play cache, but only parallel play big MTT.

The BRM guidelines that people throw out there, myself included, are just that - guidelines. This means you can adjust them to fit your specific situation; e.g. whether you play larger or smaller fields, how swingy your style is, how much edge you tend to have, etc.

1000 buy are quite a lot, even in higher limits, with these money you could try to play 10 dollars mtt or stt, and if you have a downswing, of 500 dollars, you could just lower your limits to 5 dollars. also for cash games with 40 to 50 max buy ins there are very few chances of getting broke so with a 1000$ bankroll you can be playing nl25 without any problem. move to lower limits when you have less than 20 max buy ins.

I split my time between MTTs and cash games. I use the same BR for both.

if you will play both kinds, you will make more mistakes, because there is no optimal way to play this completely different types of games

Most points I probably would have stated Ram covered, all I will add is don't mix the two. If you plan on grinding mtt's don't mix cash tables as well IMO unless you are playing only a single mtt or something, if looking to have more tables running but not mtt's then go sng's or stt's so that you are focused at least on the same/similar format game.

Cash is different than the mtt/sng/stt format and as a general guideline it wouldn't be wise to mix the two unless you play simply for entertainment, to keep focused optimally its best not to put the strain on the brain of playing two totally diff format games at the same time. Obv just a guidline as I have often mixed them myself, or worse yet been playing nlhe tournies, horse tournies, and badugi tournies all at the same time (that will F with the brain lol, but mostly in this situation its the pstars round 1 freerolls).

From an aspect of learning the game I think its best to find the format that you feel you play best in and study it to improve and beat the game to build on a bankroll and provide something that you could revert to in rebuilding if you decided you wanted to moved say from tournies to cash, at least if you take a hit in cash you can rebuild in tournies and try again or vice versa depending on which you choose. Sometimes you have to wander around aimlessly almost without focus to find where you want to end up spending your time grinding, this is where I have been for a few months. GL.