I prefer bigger buy ins. Despite the bank roll. If you Cash in in big tourney you win a lot. Smaller tourneys not really to make profit from playing. Stick to my game, follow the main rules always leads to good game.I believe there are many factors, how much you can afford to lose, how skilled a player you are and how much excitement vs spend ability you have among other things.
Have a baseline bankroll strategy and then for tourneys, use the average rule. So play a lot smaller buyins and then a couple of bigger buy ins. That way you get the best of both worlds whilst maintaining a good bankroll management strategy.
For tournaments I’d average around 1% of my bankroll and for cash 5%.
Again if you do believe you are truly skilled as a poker player and you actually are then a more aggressive style of bankroll management won’t be a bad idea at all.
As poker is the variables are different for everyone and one strategy doesn’t always work for everyone when it comes to this matter. If you aren’t playing up to your skill level then you are definitely losing value in playing the lower staked games.
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I like buy-ins that fit in my bankroll. Even though I have job, I treat my "poker fund" as a bankroll instead of a budget. In general as long as the buy-in fits with my bankroll strategy then I look for a structure that I think is good for my play. I like to find structure points (S-Points) of like 70+ when possible, though I will play a structure that is less S-Points if I think I can do well.When playing in tournaments, do you always look available? Or do you pick a higher level, hoping to weed out some of the players who play anything hoping to catch? At the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, the lowest buyin for tournaments is $50. On a weeknight, you may get anywhere from 50-70 players. Inevitably you get a lot of splashing around because a lot of players just think that “hey, it’s $50. So what if I lose?”. Do you look for tournaments that might be a little higher to buy in, but weed out those players?