My personal strategy for low bank roll building

I've been doing a lot of 1 table SNG's lately. I've been doing ok, but getting more 2nd and 3rd than first.

I then signed up for a sat tourney to work on my FT academy challenges. I signed up for a sat to the BLT, which actually pays out better than the single table SNG. (unless you take 1st of course, but with me, i was getting more 2nd and 3rd).

1 Table SNG buy-in 1.20
Profit
1st 3.30
2nd 1.50
3rd 0.60

1 Table SNG Sat to BLT buy-in .80
Profit
1st - 3rd Ticket to BLT worth 2.20
You can cash it in for a profit of 2.19 after they take their fee

The games are a lot softer and fishier than the regular SNG, and pretty easy to place in the top 3.

Is there something I'm not seeing here, or is this a decent strategy to get my BR up so I can start playing the $2 SNGs? I can see this as a better long term strategy (unless you're consistently taking 1st on regular SNGs.)

Also note, there are lower buy-ins to this tourney, .45 or so, but it only awards 1st the ticket, and 2nd your buy-in back for -.05 profit after their rake.

Yeah I suggest you grind your way in $1.20 1-table SNG or 45-man SNG, that way you will not lose all your bankroll and can make a profite for it.

That's what I was doing with my bankroll until I just hit a nice win last week.

I kept playing the $1.20 6 person SnGs and was getting 1st or 2nd in both of them.

Good luck with your bankroll and I hope you do well in those Sit N' Gos!

I play mainly in a $5 6-person SnG .. Normally, once I get to top 2 .. i will ask the other person if he/she wanna split..

$15 each ... thats a $10 profit.. (1st place- $19.50; 2nd place- $10.50)

Unless of course you are confident enough to win... sometimes they just ignore me till they get down to 2500 chips vs my 6500 chips
(I was short stacked initially), then they started replying me. LoL.. What did i do? .. i just kept raising till they blind out...

I play mainly 1 dollar SNG. Only with 77+ / AJs + .Sometimes 22+ in late position. But now I am plaing cash games 6 max.

i like 6 man sitngos but 24 cent fl is good for building ur bank

Yeah I like the 45/90 people $1/$2 sit and gos. Payouts are pretty decent and risk isn't too much.

i like the 1.08$ fifty-fiftys on pokerstars...
If you play it in the right way (tight-aggressive) then they are no problems :D

i agree with problackbird, 45sng's are a great profit... mange your game withc patience and you'll make it!!!!, GL

my strategy is to make sure i leave a penny in my account so i can beg, cant beg on tables without a penny! hehe, all kidding aside, i enjoy the $3 KO sitngo...and the $1 rush on demands when i'm short rolled.

i love SNG´s its such an easy way to pumb ur BR i wish ill have 5$ to get back at it in full tilt :(

SnGs are the best, I find.

Ring games have too many ppl who wait for hours on jj+ or aj+.

yeah there are donks.. i lost with ace q to q 3 ... after the flop.... ace 3 10 guy beats i go all in he calls.... river comes a 3 wtfff... 3 hands later same guy and me i have ace 9 flop comes 9 2 6 again we end up all in... he has 2 4 river come s a 2..... wtfff .... dame....

i have no strategy luck is everything

my strategy is all or nothing :P

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Originally Posted by trev050377

i have no strategy luck is everything

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comon really? Over a year luck is nothing

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Originally Posted by Grumbledook

I've been doing a lot of 1 table SNG's lately. I've been doing ok, but getting more 2nd and 3rd than first.

I then signed up for a sat tourney to work on my FT academy challenges. I signed up for a sat to the BLT, which actually pays out better than the single table SNG. (unless you take 1st of course, but with me, i was getting more 2nd and 3rd).

1 Table SNG buy-in 1.20
Profit
1st 3.30
2nd 1.50
3rd 0.60

1 Table SNG Sat to BLT buy-in .80
Profit
1st - 3rd Ticket to BLT worth 2.20
You can cash it in for a profit of 2.19 after they take their fee

The games are a lot softer and fishier than the regular SNG, and pretty easy to place in the top 3.

Is there something I'm not seeing here, or is this a decent strategy to get my BR up so I can start playing the $2 SNGs? I can see this as a better long term strategy (unless you're consistently taking 1st on regular SNGs.)

Also note, there are lower buy-ins to this tourney, .45 or so, but it only awards 1st the ticket, and 2nd your buy-in back for -.05 profit after their rake.

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Yes, lots of little loop holes like this if you can find em. PS had the Storm Satties that worked the same way for me. Nice post. -Cookies

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Originally Posted by SendCookies

Yes, lots of little loop holes like this if you can find em. PS had the Storm Satties that worked the same way for me. Nice post. -Cookies

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I agree

I just bring my .44 Magnum and usually finish in the money.

I would suggest double or nothing's. Pretty easy to crush. Although some sites don't have those... Carbon and PokerStars do though.

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Originally Posted by wagon596

I just bring my .44 Magnum and usually finish in the money.

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lol

My advice is to start a $0 bankroll and play in a little more freerolls than a lot. I mean, if you can't play a freeroll with your utmost energy than you shouldn't be playin' poker...

There will be a day when the majority of ppl will get too good at poker and the poker sites won't offer freerolls since some1 like Chris Ferguson can build his BR from "0$."

I'm up $12.12 from pokerowned, myftpcoach, facebook, and the ftp freerolls. Hope that day comes soon coz I don't feel like it's my money at all...

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Originally Posted by BigHeadAl

I would suggest double or nothing's. Pretty easy to crush. Although some sites don't have those... Carbon and PokerStars do though.

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PS no longer have DoN's just Fifty/50's

is very good that way of playing, so you can maintain and increase bank

i started with 50 $ and now i have 0,25:(

good post!!! i started playing the carbon freerolls and have built up a small br....nothing crazy as of yet...but i will be m,oving nothing but up....my goal is to make at least $500 bucks off the carbon freerolls....i have won a few of them already and come 2nd in a few also....my way of thinking is to play the same way as if it was for real money.....say you win a freeroll....dont spend the money....continue playing a few more freerolls untill u built up a small br...now that doesnt mean you have to play nothing but freerolls but lets say get up to $20 bucks....take 5 of that and use it in some smalll sngs....or a few small buyin games....if u see that you have lost the 5 bucks....jump back to the freerolls and nothing else...pretend that the money you have left you will gain interest in....this will work....i currently am tryin to maintain a br on carbon....very hard for me to only play freerolls and a few small buyins here and there considering the fact that i was playin pretty big stakes on ftp......yes its way diff but again....money on hold from ftp has made me try to build from nothing...keep me posted on ur freeroll wins or ur cashes.....i wanna see many start from points to gain money!!!



gl on and off the felts all

all in :LD

they will never stop freerolls, they make so much money they have the freerolls to bring inmore money, i am surpristed they dont run more ,

Your Strategie takes a lot Time to make some real good Money i think

i guess we all have our own strategy but since having to play the merge sites and starting from zero ive built a small br from the freerolls and have used that to play the double up games to make around 60 bux and change.the dollar dazzler isnt too bad either.

I like to play 45 player sng's or a really good new one is the double up sng's. Tight aggressive typically gets u in the money for a low price.

i play 6 player super turbo with 300 chips...u get 1 good hand donk it and watch em all fight...ive played like 20 won money on like 13 on $2.10

my stategy is to start at low stakes on poker tables and slowly buld from there and then once you doubled your bankroll start playing low buy in tourneys and when you start winning these tourneys go to a bigger buy in and work it from there. sit and goes are also nice to build your bankroll what ever works for you the best i would do.

Its terrible to start from 0 to something good.

nice strategy i would say, just keep grinding the small SNG and until you start making a huge profit step your game up a little bit and go higher. good luck =)

i use same

The best ways are to join private freerolls through forums and poker groups. Play regional freerolls, such as "France Only" on Full Tilt. Play for play chips and then either sell them, or use them to buy into freerolls. Use frequent player points as a separate bankroll (Full Tilt) by playing satellites and unregistering when you advance, so you can take the points instead, later these points can be used to purchase tourney tickets. Full Tilt academy challenges for points and freerolls. Join Iron Man (Full Tilt) and earn 1 Frequent Player Point every day, every month for extra medals and/or freerolls. Always keep an eye on promotion pages, for example, Full Tilt offers easy money promotions every few months like Take 2, Sit and Go Madness, Rush Week, etc.

When you buy into a tournament, make sure it is +EV. Private money-added games, and undersubscribed guaranteed tournaments are the best opportunities for these games.

so other then a good hit in a small buyin turny how is it possible to build when you cant get past donkeys and there bad beats? seriously? Some of you must be holding your mouth right i dunno. Cause 2 and 3 outers are the NUTS against me in big pots or allin preflops

I personally like building up my bankroll with the double or nothing sngs that they have on merge. Best of luck anyway u decided to build it up!!