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Games for your budget
Which Basepoker games fit the money you keep for poker. The picks follow a common rule of thumb: a cash game buy-in of about 5% of your poker money or less, and a tournament buy-in of about 2% or less.
$10
With $10, play for free, and for cents at the cash tables.
- The Daily Freerolls, the 10BB Freerolls and the free steps to the $500 Daily Main Event.
- Cash at Iron, $0.01/$0.02, in Hold'em, PLO, PLO5 or PLO6, with a $0.50 buy-in.
$50
With $50, the smallest tournaments and the first full stacks.
- The $1 Special Standards with $100 guaranteed, the Daily Hyper $1 with $80, the Daily Deep Stacks $0.50 and the $0.25 Satellite to the main event.
- Cash at Iron with a full $2 stack, or at Steel, $0.02/$0.05, with up to $2.50.
- All In or Fold at Iron, $1 a buy-in.
- Spin & Cash at $0.25 or $1.
$200
With $200, the evening turbos and hypers fit.
- The Daily Turbo $2.50 with $200 guaranteed, the Daily Hypers at $2 and $3.
- Cash at Copper, $0.05/$0.10, with up to $10.
- All In or Fold at Copper, $4 a buy-in.
$500
With $500, the main event and the $1,000 game.
- The $500 Daily Main Event at $5, the Daily Turbo $5 with $400, the Special Hyper $7 with $700 and the Daily Standard $10 with $1,000.
- Cash at Bronze, $0.10/$0.25, with up to $25.
- Spin & Cash at $5 or $10.
$1,000
With $1,000, the biggest daily guarantee.
- The Daily Standard $20 with $2,000 guaranteed, twice a day.
- Cash at Nickel, $0.25/$0.50, with up to $50.
- All In or Fold at Bronze or Nickel, $8 or $16 a buy-in.
Why the rule
Poker swings. A rule like this keeps a run of bad nights from emptying your poker money before the good ones come. Many players keep more buy-ins than this, especially for Omaha, which swings harder. Our sister site explains it in A bankroll for cash games.
Spin & Cash buy-ins
| Buy-in | Top prize |
|---|---|
| $0.25 | $5,000 |
| $1 | $10,000 |
| $5 | $50,000 |
| $10 | $100,000 |
| $25 | $200,000 |
| $50 | $250,000 |
| $100 | $320,000 |
| $200 | $400,000 |
Spin & Cash tables are three-handed. The buy-ins and top prizes are Basepoker's.
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