Game Mode

[Freerollpass]

What game mode do you think is best for a beginner with a small bankroll? Cash games or SNG?

 

[5pAce_C0wb0y]

What game mode do you think is best for a beginner with a small bankroll? Cash games or SNG?

How small is the bankroll?

 

[guineasqueak]

I am in similar position as you.

However, from what I've read, there are players who escape micros by steadily grinding cash games for small profit each time OR playing SNG/Hot/Big/Bounty Builders for rare top finish which gives a mini rocket boost to the bankroll.

Tourney variance (especially Hyper-Turbos) is really sick compared to even 6-max (which has more variance than FR).

 

[blanktheman]

What game mode do you think is best for a beginner with a small bankroll? Cash games or SNG?

You only supposed to be using about 5% of your bankroll, sometimes less.

I would suggest SNG to start, this way you can recover if you make a bad play.

I used to have about $1 in my bankroll and used to play the $0.02 games.

 

[Freerollpass]

My bankroll is a little over $30. So i guess i am going to grind some SNG then. Thank you

 

[Ovuvuevuevue]

It's really hard to try and grind up a very small bankroll. Ideally you would deposit over $100 for a good starting bankroll but if you're below that then try out SNGs and maybe the occasional PKO to try and win big

 

[valanddon]

I like sng to slowly build up my bankroll.

 

[5pAce_C0wb0y]

My bankroll is a little over $30. So i guess i am going to grind some SNG then. Thank you

My first bankroll was $30 I used it to play sng and did well. Didn't follow precise bankroll management and played $3 sng until I'd built it up, always told myself if I got down to $15 I'd drop down a level but didn't need to. Good luck!

 

[mitroff]

My bankroll is a little over $30. So i guess i am going to grind some SNG then. Thank you

You can also play Bounty Builder cheap, there are very weak opponents.

 

[Zvezda kz]

Hey.

I do not know, but I think that the best mode for a beginner is a game in the CIS or in tournaments.
We must not forget that the game in cash games and tournaments is very different from each other.

 

[MrPokerVerse]

What you enjoy playing and what you have the most success in. There different strategies for both. Get good at one you like playing.

 

[Nikolay Nakhaev]

I had a small bankroll and I managed to increase it well by playing real money.
but I prefer the MTT format, and these are different things, different strategies.
but the game of real money still sometimes helps to earn at the table more than in tournaments
I mean to replenish a bit of your bankroll at the initial stage.

 

[8bod8]

AFAIK, with smallest bankroll, SNG is the game to play, with the smallest field to begin with.

 

[Freerollpass]

Thank you for your answers

 

[cranberry]

I think that with your bankroll you can consider SnG with buy-ins of 0.25$ and 0.50$.