pokernut
Visionary
Silver Level
aliengenius
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
A couple of points;
MTTs have a higher rate of variance than cash games, so you generally need more of a bankroll if these are what you intend to mostly play.
That being said, $25 is really not enough of a BR to play any cash games (you have only 5x the $5 buy in for one cent/two cent).
But, you have 22+ buyins for $1.10 tournaments! Granted this is about the minimum you want, but you are close to being with in BR guidelines here.
I would like to also suggest SNGs to you, as they will give you a smoother variance curve than MTTs, so I would recommend them based purely on bankroll considerations.
You can go a long long time without cashing in MTTs for reasons that have nothing to do with how you play and are totally out of your control, namely the size of the field. With one in three (approx.) cashing in SNGs your variance will be a lot lower.
Another argument for SitNGos: they will more quickly provide you with some of the skills you will need to cash big in MTTs: short handed and HU play.
MTTs have a higher rate of variance than cash games, so you generally need more of a bankroll if these are what you intend to mostly play.
That being said, $25 is really not enough of a BR to play any cash games (you have only 5x the $5 buy in for one cent/two cent).
But, you have 22+ buyins for $1.10 tournaments! Granted this is about the minimum you want, but you are close to being with in BR guidelines here.
I would like to also suggest SNGs to you, as they will give you a smoother variance curve than MTTs, so I would recommend them based purely on bankroll considerations.
You can go a long long time without cashing in MTTs for reasons that have nothing to do with how you play and are totally out of your control, namely the size of the field. With one in three (approx.) cashing in SNGs your variance will be a lot lower.
Another argument for SitNGos: they will more quickly provide you with some of the skills you will need to cash big in MTTs: short handed and HU play.
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FinalTable
Rock Star
Silver Level
Obivously do what's more comfortable for you.
I have had a lot of success here lately with NL ring games so I have to advocate for that. I played in a 3 table SNG yesterday and there was one player that was overly aggressive and whenever she would get called on it, she'd get lucky. Every hand was a decision for all your chips, so a lot of +EV hands were folded to her. In a cash game, she'd get toasted as those +EV hands would catch up to her. In a tourney, you could push your +EV hand and get knocked out. I had AJ and she had J6. She caught a 6 on the river to knock me out. In a cash game, I reload and keep playing. Because it was a tourney, I was out after 2 hours of grinding vs her.
My last load at AP was with $75 and dropped as low as $13. Today, after playing last night, I'm at $267. I started at .05-.10 then started playing more at the .10-.25. The last two nights, I took a shot at the .25-.50 table and turned $20 into $85 in about 2 hours. Played very tight and just got max value when I hit my hands. I got AA/KK about 3-4 times and pushed each time. Only once did I NOT double up and that's when I just won the blinds. Now I am at BR mgmt as this is the most I've had to play with at once. I have a job and an income, and when I go bust, I just reload. But as far as having money IN an online account, this is the most I've had and I don't want to lose it. But to turn a low starting BR into a BR where you have a little breating room, you have to gamble. If I can turn $13 into $267, ANYONE can. But it is a grind and I put in a lot of hours playing....and losing my initial load SEVERAL times (although, most of those other loads were lost to constantly chasing SNGs).
What's funny - I don't even put the time in for my online experience...I use it as practice for the live games that I play - but the more you play, the better you get at reading and knowing when you are ahead...and knowing what play is +EV.
I think skill is paid off more in cash games because +EV catches up and when it does, the profit is greater than when +EV catches up to you in tourneys. In tourneys, you hit your monster and you get more Tchips. In a ring game, you hit your high FH and beat a lower FH and a flush - you triple up real $$$, not tourney chips. You can win that monster in a tourney, and then lose it all and still be out before getting ITM. I just like the instant gratification of seeing my BR go up when I win a good pot. But I also like tourneys...but for BR building, I advocate cash games. I don't know much about limit though, I'm talking NL.
Again, it's what is most comfortable - without that, nothing else will matter. I just know what's been working for me.
I have had a lot of success here lately with NL ring games so I have to advocate for that. I played in a 3 table SNG yesterday and there was one player that was overly aggressive and whenever she would get called on it, she'd get lucky. Every hand was a decision for all your chips, so a lot of +EV hands were folded to her. In a cash game, she'd get toasted as those +EV hands would catch up to her. In a tourney, you could push your +EV hand and get knocked out. I had AJ and she had J6. She caught a 6 on the river to knock me out. In a cash game, I reload and keep playing. Because it was a tourney, I was out after 2 hours of grinding vs her.
My last load at AP was with $75 and dropped as low as $13. Today, after playing last night, I'm at $267. I started at .05-.10 then started playing more at the .10-.25. The last two nights, I took a shot at the .25-.50 table and turned $20 into $85 in about 2 hours. Played very tight and just got max value when I hit my hands. I got AA/KK about 3-4 times and pushed each time. Only once did I NOT double up and that's when I just won the blinds. Now I am at BR mgmt as this is the most I've had to play with at once. I have a job and an income, and when I go bust, I just reload. But as far as having money IN an online account, this is the most I've had and I don't want to lose it. But to turn a low starting BR into a BR where you have a little breating room, you have to gamble. If I can turn $13 into $267, ANYONE can. But it is a grind and I put in a lot of hours playing....and losing my initial load SEVERAL times (although, most of those other loads were lost to constantly chasing SNGs).
What's funny - I don't even put the time in for my online experience...I use it as practice for the live games that I play - but the more you play, the better you get at reading and knowing when you are ahead...and knowing what play is +EV.
I think skill is paid off more in cash games because +EV catches up and when it does, the profit is greater than when +EV catches up to you in tourneys. In tourneys, you hit your monster and you get more Tchips. In a ring game, you hit your high FH and beat a lower FH and a flush - you triple up real $$$, not tourney chips. You can win that monster in a tourney, and then lose it all and still be out before getting ITM. I just like the instant gratification of seeing my BR go up when I win a good pot. But I also like tourneys...but for BR building, I advocate cash games. I don't know much about limit though, I'm talking NL.
Again, it's what is most comfortable - without that, nothing else will matter. I just know what's been working for me.
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Chiefer
Legend
Silver Level
my br has without a doubt grown more from the cash games rather than MTT's, i like playing the MTT's simply for the chalenge of beating the rest of the field. the only problem with the low stakes MTT's is that they are mostly donkfests. i find more of the serious players at the cash tables.
i do like that instant gratification of winning a big pot in the cash games more so than in MTT's.
i do like that instant gratification of winning a big pot in the cash games more so than in MTT's.
