Would this be foolish of me?

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I deposited 50.00 and have been grinding on the 1.00 buy in SNG's

I have tried my luck with the 3.00 SNG's and I dont think its any harder than the 1.00 ones.

With my bankroll, would I be dumb to just jump in the 3.00 stakes and grind away?
 
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Yes because you will most likely go broke if you do that. What site are you playing on?
 
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Not foolish if you are happy to redeposit. Very foolish if you can't redeposit anytime soon. I can attest to the 3.00 being just as easy as the 1.00.
 
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Imo,
you should stick with good BRM till you have won enough
to move up comfortably.
I think you already know this , otherwise you would not of asked what to do.
I don't think anybody would advise you to play without proper BRM ,
however , if you want to 'take shots' and can afford to replenish your BR,
then by all means 'have a go'.
Try playing a session of ten $1 sng's , then if you are ahead , play a $3 sng.
Just a thought.
Good luck m8.
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5% is ok, but it doesn't account for terrible runs of bad variance where you can lose 20 buy ins without a decent cash. I think Bluenowhere made a post about his recent downswing in stt's. 15 games without a cash. That would be 75% of your roll gone if this happened to you.
 
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5% is the minimum and you are pushing that playing $3s with $50. As others have said, if you can easily redeposit then it's not a problem but if you can't I think it's quite risky to make a go of it with 16 buyins. Not sayin it can't be done but if you get into the habit of playing under-rolled you will go broke eventually.
 
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thats cash BRM..

figure its a lot more for sngs.
 
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well I figured If I go below 50.00 I will just move back down to 1.00...
 
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Quite a few people regard 5% as the minimum roll to be on a given buyin level. If you move up with 20, it means you're supposed to drop down if you don't cash in your first SNG at the new level. I lean toward accumulating at least 30 before moving up so that you have a buffer against running cold right off the bat.

But there's also more to good BRM than counting buyins. For example, if you move up and are uncomfortable with the level of play and/or the stakes, it can be better to take some time to desensitize yourself gradually by taking shots rather than forcing yourself to stay where you're uncomfortable.

Another factor is the level of your game. As a simple example, if you crush a given level, you're probably better prepared to move up than someone who got the same roll by being barely above break-even for a much longer time.
 
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well so far Ive only been beat by really good hands today! aa vs kk and trips vs full house
 
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If you play the micro BI SnG's, that 5% 'rule' doesn't apply. Once you are playing bigger games $5 +, serious thought should be to follow the 5% 'rule'.

Let me offer a slightly different approach.

Play the micro games, and every time you win 3 of 5 games, treat yourself to a bigger BI game. Or perhaps ITM (not wins) in 4 of 6 games. At that point you are playing with winnings, and not the core of your BR.
 
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If you play the micro BI SnG's, that 5% 'rule' doesn't apply. Once you are playing bigger games $5 +, serious thought should be to follow the 5% 'rule'.

Let me offer a slightly different approach.

Play the micro games, and every time you win 3 of 5 games, treat yourself to a bigger BI game. Or perhaps ITM (not wins) in 4 of 6 games. At that point you are playing with winnings, and not the core of your BR.

dont understand the logic of that at all.


OP take a few shots, you can play both stakes and keep your average buy in somewhere in the middle, but be prepared to lower your ratio of 3s/drop them if you hit a downswing
 
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OP, what's the hurry?
My experience has been > those who focus 'on the money' tend to not win any money. Just work on your game... including solid BRM (for SNG's you should really be looking at ~50buyins min., 20 is a joke ).
 
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What size are the fields you have you been playing? If your cashing in the bigger fields the higher buyins should be fine. If your bankroll is decreasing then smaller buyins with more time looking over hand history might be in order. Good luck with meeting your goals.
 
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Yo guys,

To answer your question yes it would be foolish, unless you are beating the games with a solid roi. Why set yourself up to run into problems with buy ins if you don't have to.

My advice would be to spend your time studying the game & how to beat those stakes. Spend your time learning how to crush those games so you can move up fast. You won't improve your game much by just playing a shit ton of $1 sngs. Get SNG Wiz and study all your games. So much of your chip winnings will come during the late stages when the blinds get high. Get really good at making +chip & Icm plays in the late game. It may suck to spend your time playing a stupid quiz when you could be playing for real money but trust me you will end up moving up in stakes way faster and overall make much more $$$.

I heard a pretty cool tip for warming up before you start your sessions. Go to the lowest buy in that runs for your game and play until you win 3 str8. Then move up a lvl and repeat until your at your current stake. I really like this advise & use it once in a while before I start my grind. Instead of just jumping right in to the tuff games you can transition into them. I'm playing HU tho so for a stt maybe you play until you have 3 str8 cashes.

Anyways, gl & run good. I hope some of this helped.
 
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