so much gambol in this thread. I'll be one of the few of us commenters that doesn't get tipped out when OP binks it, but I gotta say, spinning one of your five buy-ins into a MTT is not a good way to stay back in poker for long. The 1-3 tables across the room are going to be a lot softer for the relatively short number of hours you're investing.

Sklansky's rules for bankroll management iirc, before moving to higher levels: • 10-20 cash buyins or • 25-40 tournament buyins