Wasn't sure where to post this, so thought here would be a good start.

I am predominantly a STT player, dabbling in MTTs where I have more time (family life and full time work prevents me dedicating significant consecutive chunks of time in one go - I normally squeeze in approx 15h per week 2 - 4 tabling).

I play the odd satellite, mainly for live events, but want to have a bigger crack at this. My question is how do people balance their bankroll in terms of allocating a portion for satellites versus sustaining a decent cash balance to build overall?

Well i'm not sure of an exact formula. I definitely don't have one. Assuming that you're a winning player at the STT that you say is your main game. You'd have to come up with an acceptable % of your winnings to put towards your sat/mtt play. For example. You start with $500 and at the end of the week you have 600 you would take 25%/$25 of that and put it into your SAT/MTT BR. That way you aren't eating into your playing BR just slowing your growth towards the next level of SNG play.
At least that's a strategy I've used in the past when I started realizing my MTT play was eating into my Cash BR. It really helped and motivated me to take my MTT play to the next level.

Good Luck,
]Kloozy

If you weren't a winning player, makes it a moot argument doesn't it... :P

I will also devote some more $$$ to cash games soon to give that a whirl. Still interested in hearing how others approach this...