Low limit poker players who love to play multitable tournaments online are often stuck with the disadvantage of playing huge fields of players. These fields usually leads to tournaments lasting 7 or 8 hours, and the need to build a large stack early if you want to have a chance at making one of the top prizes. though a win at one of these tournaments will certainly bolster your bankroll, you often have to get very lucky to take down one of these tournaments.

There are multitable tournaments, however, that you can play with limited fields that increase your chances of winning top prize. The 180-man tournaments are a great bankroll builder for low limit players because the size of the field is much smaller than your normal MTT. In addition, these tournaments are constantly running (and they fill up fast), so you can multitable these tournaments much more effectively and raise your hourly rate quite easily. Finally, because the number of players is capped, 180-man tournaments are finished much quicker than your standard MTT.

So if you love playing MTTs and you’re trying to build your bankroll, consider playing the 180-man tournaments. The capped amount of players plus the ability to multitable more effectively make it the best bet for your bankroll building dollars.

I believe the best opportunity for low limit players trying to build their bankroll is Sit & Go tournaments. If you learn proper strategy, the return on investment is enough that low limit players can beat the rake and move up to higher stakes poker quickly.

But while regular SnGs are good for bankroll building, many poker sites have recently started offering a structure that is especially favorable to low limit players. The new structure is Turbo Double or Nothing SnGs, and they offer many advantages to low limit players:

• Lower rake
  The rake charged for Turbo DoNs is much lower than the rake taken at regular SnGs (starting at the $5 buyin level). The lower rake makes is much easier on a low limit player’s bankroll.
• Weaker Opponents
  Since DoNs are new, most players have not yet made proper strategy adjustments to be successful at the game. Though they know that playing tighter increases their chances of success, your opponents will still overvalue moderate hands. If you know proper strategy, you will have a major advantage over most of your opponents, particularly at lower stakes.
• Volume
  Since you’re playing far fewer hands then you would in a normal SnG or cash game, multitabling is much easier. Because you can play more tables your hourly rate is higher than with regular SnG tournaments.

DoNs are an easy, low variance game that low limit players should take advantage of when trying to build their bankroll. But it is imperative that you learn proper strategy before attempting to play multiple tables at once.

If you are interested in learning proper strategy, check out the book <a href=”http://onlinepokerbankrollbuilder.com/the-online-poker-bankroll-builder”>The Online Poker Bankroll Builder: Double or Nothing Sit & Go Strategy to Crush the Competition</a>.

Of all the sections of the Best Online Poker Bankroll Builders Series, I’m writing this post with the most caution. I understand the thrill and excitement of playing No Limit and Pot Limit cash games, but I also know the risks of playing these games. One mistake and your entire buyin, and possibly your entire bankroll, is gone. But there are many players who want to play No Limit or Pot Limit games, so I’m going to give my suggestion for the best game for a low limit bankroll.

As mentioned in the Limit Poker post, Hold Em is the most popular poker variant, with No Limit Hold Em being particularly popular. But the same problems persist in that the average Hold Em player is better educated than the average player in most other poker variants. Because the average player is better at Hold Em, I suggest playing a different game that has a lot of action and a pool of players that are worse on average: Pot Limit Omaha.

I suggest Pot Limit Omaha with some caveats, however. While the average player in PLO is worse than in Hold Em, there are some wide swings with PLO. The game has higher variance than Hold Em, meaning you have to ensure you are using strict bankroll management. Finally, the game can be a little more difficult to learn for some players, as there are many more cards in play and concepts you need to understand in order to be successful.

With that being said I believe the poor play by many PLO players makes the game a decent bankroll builder for low stakes players who want to play No Limit or Pot Limit poker. However, I think overall there are better games where low limit players should be investing their money.

To learn more about Pot Limit Omaha, check out the articles at playwinningpoker.com.

I remember going to Atlantic City one time and jumping in a Omaha H/L, Stud H/L split game. During one of the Omaha hands a player next to me said, “You know, this game is going to be bigger than Hold Em in the next couple of years.”

I laughed a little and thought he was crazy. So far I’m right. It’s been more than a couple of years and Hold Em hasn’t relinquished its hold as the most popular poker variant. And even when I do go to AC, I rarely see it spread.

But, you can regularly find Limit Omaha H/L spread online, and you should definitely consider it for your online poker bankroll building efforts. The game is well suited for low limit players who will take the time to learn good Omaha strategy. Why is the game good for bankroll building?

• Split pot poker has less variance than other forms of poker meaning fewer, and smaller, downswings.
• Good Omaha players can earn a higher bb/100 rate than in other games, including Hold Em.
• There are far more uneducated Omaha players compared to Hold Em players, meaning a better chance for a good player to take advantage of poor play.

Omaha isn’t the only good limit game for bankroll building. Another good bankroll builder is Stud H/L, for many of the same reasons that Omaha H/L is good for low limit players. Omaha is still better, however, because it is far more difficult to play multiple tables of Stud H/L.

To learn more about Omaha Hi/Low, check out some of the great articles at playwinningpoker.com.

Up next: No Limit/Pot Limit Poker

New and low limit poker players almost always gravitate toward Texas Hold Em when they start to play poker. This is hardly a surprise as Hold Em has been the most popular poker variant for years, particularly after the exposure of the WPT, WSOP, and the dozens of poker shows that sprung up.

But Hold Em might not be the best bet for low limit players because of its popularity (though in some structures, Hold Em is the perfect bankroll building game — more on this in the next few posts). There is so much information now available on Hold Em that there aren’t as many bad players in the game as there were years ago. This makes low limit poker especially difficult as players have to overcome both better educated players and the high rake charged by online poker sites.

Now, this is not to say that there aren’t a ton of bad Hold Em players. But there are other poker variants offered by online sites with a less informed player base. And low limit players looking to build their bankrolls should take advantage of these games whenever possible.

Over the next few days I’ll write about the best games in the following categories:

• Limit Poker
• No Limit/Pot Limit Poker
• Sit & Gos
• Multitable Tournaments

I think you’ll find a game or structure that suits your poker tastes, and hopefully, that will help you quickly build your bankroll.

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