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  1. mattk1981 mattk1981 is offline

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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 8:01pm)

    Whats the rule of thumb for number of buyins? Most of what I read only discusses 1 table SNG.

    Fine to assume ROI of ~10%

    Thanks all.
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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 8:40pm) in reply to mattk1981

    any help would be great thanks all
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  3. Phänomen Phänomen is offline

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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 8:45pm) in reply to mattk1981

    I don't play them often but I would guess:
    80 Pro
    50 Protected
    25 Unprotected

    The ROI of 10% contributes a lot to variance. Bump that up to 20% and you will see noticably fewer swings.
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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 8:54pm) in reply to Phänomen

    Oh really, I was thinking qualitatively you'd need less buyins to protect for headsup than you would for 1 table SNG.

    Could be wrong - but I was thinking something like 50 / 30 / 15 for HU, if the below is true for 1 table SNG. (Totally agree on your point about raising ROI, but lets just be conservative). Am I missing something about HU vs 1 table SNG?

    <TABLE cols=4 width=400 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD>SNG</TD><TD>65 Entries</TD><TD>45 Entries</TD><TD>20 Entries</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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  5. OH_SHiFT OH_SHiFT is offline

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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 8:59pm) in reply to Phänomen

    Shouldn't this be the other way? 50 Unprotected, 25 Protected?
  6. theanswer3mw theanswer3mw is offline

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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 9:01pm) in reply to Phänomen

    I've got a ? as well. What does the Pro Protected unprotected mean?
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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 9:03pm) in reply to theanswer3mw

    Basically

    pro = you can never bust if you are a winning player
    protected = you probably are save but if you start losing you need to quickly drop stakes
    unprotected = theres a pretty good chance of going bust, you need to be able to replace bankroll quickly
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  8. theanswer3mw theanswer3mw is offline

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    Jul 29th, 2007 (7/29/2007 9:05pm) in reply to mattk1981

    Alright. I was still confused when I first read it. But kind of your chance of a wipe out losing streak. Thanks.
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