[BigAlK]

Barry,

IMO GSykes recommendations are good. I'm sure you've seen or can find the bankroll management rules he set for his bankroll building experiment (it was in one of the "Pro Tips" and Michael Craig summarizes it in one of his recent blog entries). There was also another recent thread in this column that talked a bit about bankroll/tourny size.

I play exclusively MTTs with the only variant being sometimes playing sattelites to take shots/gain experience at higher buy-ins than my bankroll would support, so I can't talk to SNGs or cash games. But it looks to me like you're playing at the right level for your bankroll.

I believe taking occasional shots at higher buy-ins via sats makes sense for a number of reasons and i do it, but it is actually a bad move from a BR management standpoint. First is that this really isn't any different than winning $216, 535, or whatever and then buying in directly. If your bankroll can't support buying in directly then in theory you shouldn't try to sat in. Second is that these are normally larger field tournaments which increases variance and makes them even worse from a BR management point of view. Personally that's my biggest BR managment leak, I need to limit the "shots" I take more than I do.