What would be a good sized buy-in for a small bankroll like $50

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I'm a intermediate poker player and I'm looking for advice about a good sized tourney or sit'n'go to play. Nothing to big because my bankroll is short and perhaps not to small so I can grow my bankroll.
Any response will be welcome!

Thanks!
 
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Experience has shown that a bankroll of 100 buy-ins best balances your interests in increasing income and reducing the risk of bankruptcy. Don't play a tournament if you don't have 100 buy-ins for it. Never invest more than 1% of your bankroll in a tournament."Dispersion is a measure that describes the deviation (more precisely, the random deviation) of an indicator.“Translating this to poker tournaments, variance means that things don't always go the way they're supposed to. In some tournaments you will be very lucky. The cards, as if bewitched, will fall only in your favor, and the opponent's chips will only move in your direction.Poker rooms now offer a very wide selection of various tournaments. The time difference between the new tournaments is only a few minutes. But not all tournaments are the same. In addition to the most popular "Freezeout" and "Turbo" formats, pay special attention to "rebuy" tournaments, which are much more expensive than they might seem at first glance, due to the possibility of rebuys (rebuys).
 
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Hello I started without depositing playing on PS. and there I entered CC when I got to that bank. I played the tosneo with a bounty of 0.55 and 1.10 I think they are the best. And I recommend them to you. I still play them. Today the highest I ever played are the $11
 
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Bounty builders are good. Big chance to get buy in back.
 
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Like Nafor stated, definitely only $0.5 games max.
Gain till $150 you will have more moves then like playing $3 SNGs, but no MTTs.
And this is aggressive enough about your bankroll management
 
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Here is the CC guide to bankroll management:

It used to be on the toolbar at the top of every page. It just took me ten minutes to find it.
 
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If advice was good, i wouldn't, i'd sell it. But come on, $50 I would play tournaments of no more than 0.50c, has many tournaments from 0.01c up 0.50c to play, and also Freeroll, try to play more Freerolls, you will be able to increase your Bankroll
 
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.50 cents... but if you play freerolls and just use your bankroll to buy the addons.... It will help you decrease your odds of losing on pokerstars.

I would recommend playing on 888 though their great for someone with a low bankroll... They also have the most 1 to 10 cent games and they offer great promotions for just signing up. 888's a pretty enjoyable site to play on. I like the leveling system the most... kinda feels like a old vintage video game. I would strongly recommend signing up. Heres a link for anyone whose interested in recieving an extra reward it also helps me too. Hope this information helps.

www.888poker.com/poker-promotions/invite-a-friend/poker-invite-a-friend.htm?anid=iaf_ridethelight&sr=1727449
 
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I play at poker stars. In general I play the Hot of 0.55, the Bounty or Ko of 1.10 and a deep stack of 2.20. As the bankroll grows, some bigger game, especially those on Sundays. From now on I don't miss Cardschat freerolls. Regards:):):)
 
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I like to play with a bankroll of at least 100x buy in, but I don't think $0.50 MTT's very interesting. I probably would keep playing freerolls and a couple of $1 buy in tournaments.
 
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If you already have experience and what you are looking for is to improve your level and win prizes... I think with that banck roll you could play in tournaments between USD3.5 and USD7.00 buy-in ticket
 
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I'm a intermediate poker player and I'm looking for advice about a good sized tourney or sit'n'go to play. Nothing to big because my bankroll is short and perhaps not to small so I can grow my bankroll.
With only 50$ I would stay away from MTTs and focus on SnGs to get more volume and limit variance. I think, 1$ SnGs are completely fine with a 50$ bankroll. Yes its a little aggressive, but games are very soft at this level, and as you say, you want to get that bankroll growing without spending month and years playing penny games. For that reason also consider, if its possible to add to the bankroll later. Even just another 50$ will speed up the process and allow you to reach a real bankroll like a 4-figure amount faster.
 
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Freerols or micro tournaments would be the safe route...
 
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$50 would be perfect! With that amount you can start playing tournaments with buy-ins of $1 or less. Play satellite tournaments that offer entry to good tournaments! It is a good way to start and get good experiences and of course, good profits with a minimum risk of loss.
 
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100th. $50 = 5 cents. Simple. If you can get to $100 then go to 10 cents. I only play small amounts cos I'm playing for fun and playing for money is the only way to get a proper game. So if you make $100 into £200, I'd carry on playing 10 cents games.
 
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I'm a intermediate poker player and I'm looking for advice about a good sized tourney or sit'n'go to play. Nothing to big because my bankroll is short and perhaps not to small so I can grow my bankroll.
Any response will be welcome!

Thanks!
With such a bankroll, I wouldn't spend more than 3% per game session. That is, I would play in tournaments for 50 cents, namely three such tournaments per day.
 
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micro-limits are just for you free tournaments and everything related to this play with your own money tournaments at 0.25 0.50 no more expensive you can quickly lose money and don't play cash games there you'll also lose quickly better play tournaments
 
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if i were you i would try to build my bankroll with freerolls. later you can play small buy-ins I would use a maximum of 1% of my bankroll. if you have enough bankroll you go up in buy-ins, if you lose you go down in buy ins.

Good luck to you :)
 
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