Building from a baby bankroll

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First of all, it's playing according to our bank, we should always keep that in mind when we can't play a $10 tournament if we have a $20 bankroll.
Well, with such bankroll you can actually play two of them :cool:.
The thing is, if, for example, you are involved in some promotions, you can use it for shots immediately. For example, there are daily freebies on ggpoker, you can win, around $1-$3 maybe, you could immediately go to 2NL cash or register to $2 tournament.
 
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yes I think you are all right, I ve played various games and not same results
But definitly I wil separe poker MTT from bets
 
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This was the first post I ever read here and how I stumbled across this site. Having read every page and others input as well I decided to join the site. It may have been written years ago but wanted to say thank you to @OzExorcist for the post. Very enlightening to me on the fundamentals of using the small bankroll that I have.
 
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Lots of valid points in this one! I'd only add that posting about your wins/losses will also keep you accountable minus the extra pressure you put on yourself! I equate it to running a stream & talking out your thought process, how that actually helps you minus the stress! Overall I agree with the variance delusion most of us run into when we play MTTs when we're no where near being properly rolled for the games so playing cash is actually more sensical than firing up another MTT. Thanks for sharing! I'm sure many will find your post useful!
 
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It's an interesting subject. I think it's better to build a bankroll from small capital or freerolls than to spend your money every time.

I'm not against making a deposit but before doing so, I find it necessary to try with freerolls to understand the management of this money.

The problem I've had before with this is that at first I was motivated and had the patience to build a bankroll from pennies but at some point I felt like earning more and there I lost everything.

The continuity of patience and bankroll management is an essential key to success.
 
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Still lots of good advice towards the end of this article. I do however disagree slightly with the author about his bullet point "be militant and conservative about BRM". I think, this is a good advice but not until you have moved somewhat up in stakes. The author talk about starting from a very small amount so not being properly bankrolled for the lowest limit and therefore needing to rely on luck. And it does not make a lot of sense to go directly from that situation to being a bankroll nit, while you are still playing the low end of the micros.

If we choose to play cash games, we want to get to 10NL as fast as possible, and this will not happen, if we continue playing 2NL, until we have 250$, which is needed for a 50 BI bankroll for 5NL. In fact we will be spending an eternity at 2NL, and this will slow down our development, because the opponents are absolutely terrible, and we might end up losing motivating and give up. And there is no need to be so conservative. If we are a winning player, we are highly unlikely to ever lose 40-50 BIs at 2NL, so anything above 80-100$ can perfectly reasonably be used for taking shots at 5NL.

Same thing with tournaments. If we choose to play SnGs, we really want to get to 5$ games as fast as possible, and this will not happen, if we stick to 1$ games, until we have 200$, which we need in order to follow the common advice of always having at least 100 BIs for the next level, before we move up. With SnGs a much more reasonable approach is to move up, when we have 100 BIs for the current limit and then back down again, if we drop below that.

As for MTTs I agree with the author about staying away from those, while our bankroll is very small. In my opinion MTTs are not really worth our time, until we are bankrolled for at least 3,3$ games and preferably up to 5,5$ games. Only then is there a reasonable selection of games to choose from, so that we can put together a meaningfull MTT session.

Finally I want to add, that if we have the option to make at least some deposit, then that is almost always a better idea than trying to build up a bankroll from essentially nothing. There are faster ways to earn money than playing 2NL cash or 1$ SnGs. Or for that matter freerolls. So unless we want to play these games for either fun or practice, maybe its better to just pop some more money into the account and move up. If MTTs are our favourite game, its completely reasonable to start with a 500$ deposit, if we have the financial ability to do so.
 
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Great post, building experience and bankroll with freerolls and micro-stakes, and getting more solid play!
 
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It's one thing to form a bankroll from CC freerolls at platinum level and PS freerrolls quite another.
 
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Indeed a high class post from the threadmaker. Personally I don’t believe that it is even slightly possible to build solid funds from a baby bankroll. As the saying goes: All you need is a chip and a chair. Sounds good, but it won’t endure a reality check. The only one who actually did it is Annette Obrestad in the early 2000s.
 
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I started to build a bankroll with 20 dollars and freeroll tournament prizes
 
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Thanks for this article ! It's really good and I got few ideas for myself why I stopped moving forward with a poker.
 
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Very interesting, especially the question of luck that we sometimes forget that it participates, to a certain extent, of course.
 
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