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Bankroll Calculator

Recommended bankroll for cash and MTTs at any risk tolerance. Conservative, standard, and aggressive presets based on win rate and standard deviation.

Bankroll Calculator

Recommended bankroll for cash and MTTs at any risk tolerance. Conservative, standard, and aggressive presets based on win rate and standard deviation.

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How many buy-ins?

The recommended bankroll comes from inverting the risk-of-ruin formula. A 5bb/100 winner with 100bb/100 standard deviation needs about 40 buy-ins for 1% RoR, 27 for 5%, and 19 for 10%. The cleaner your win rate and the lower your variance, the smaller your bankroll requirement.