If you are building from nothing, being able to get into the money (and deeper) is what’s going to build that BR. Not all MTTs are the same as each site has different late registration, prize pools, and pay outs. Just as important as MTT BRM is the selection. 50 games with huge GTD prize pools as well.

With a $100 BR, I think playing up to $1 MTTs is good. It’s a great BR to take stabs at buy-in MTTs, but even then, I think strict BRM is still important. While not impossible to do well, having 20 x $5 buy-ins is nothing. The bigger the field, the more variance, and the stricter the BRM for MTTs should be. I completely disagree with 5% being good BRM for MTTs. Once you’ve built up move up to 5nl or 10nl, you can reduce BRM to 20 BIs minimum as you’ll have enough cushion to drop in stakes if you need, while making it easier to move up.

At least at the initial build of the BR as it allows you some wiggle room if things go south. 20-40 buy-ins is fine for cash games and possibly SNGs, but I’d recommend being a little stricter with BRM and making it a minimum 30+ buy-ins if you’re building from nothing.

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