Nothing too different or surprising here although I've read before that around 100 buy ins is suitable for MTT. You guys recommended a lot higher but do you think 100 is acceptable albeit on the lower side?
Variance in tournaments depends a lot on the field size. If its 100, then the 1% buy in rule will work well, but if its 1.000, and this is, what you always play, then you need more like 300 BIs. In reality however most MTTs players play a range of buyins, because otherwise there is just to much waiting for new MTTs to start. And if for instance you have 500$ and play 2-5$ MTTs, you will have at least 150 times your average buyin, so you are actually being more conservative, than the 1% rule suggest.
Also what are your thoughts on taking a stab at a higher entry occasionally for experience and the chance to massively increase bankroll? I'm thinking of entering 0.50c MTTs maybe once or twice a week in addition to my regular sit and go's but don't want to risk denting my roll in doing so. 0.50c MTT would be 2% of my current roll.
I think, its important to learn responsible money management and understand poker variance from the beginning. But that being said when you talk about taking shots at 50c MTTs and about 25$ being your bankroll, I think, you are falling into, what Andreas Froelich called "the micro stakes fallacy" in a video on Youtube.
The idea behind bankroll management is, that if you are playing for profit, either professionally or part time, then its obviously a disaster to lose all your money, because then you can no longer play. So its just like being an Uber driver and crashing your car without insurance. Not only did you lose your car, you also lost your source of income.
However if you lose 25$ online, that does not force you to stop playing. It only force you to make another deposit. So it does not really make sense to talk about a poker bankroll, before you have 4 figures, and some like Andreas would even say 5 figures. But of course people have different financial situations, so for some its more, and for others its less.
But the point remains, that if you play something as low as 25c SnGs, then this is not to "build a bankroll". Its for something else. Probably either fun or practice. And I do think, there is a point is starting a little bit higher like for instance the 1$ 45-180 man SnGs on Stars and the 1,5$ 90 man bounty SnG.
Or if you have the money, maybe deposit 500$ on another
poker site than Stars and start playing MTTs there. In general 2-5$ MTTs is where, you begin to be able to make some money, which actually matter at least a little bit in terms of purchasing power. And its not like, they are an all-star line-up at all. There are still plenty of fish and bad regs in 2-5$ MTTs, especially if you play at the right site and the right time of day. Looking back at my poker "career", I kind of wish, it had taken me less time to discover this, than it actually did
