[mowz]

What doesn't matter is how smart or dumb it is to be playing with 1k at 5/10, what matter's is whether or not the OP is comfortable doing so, which he obviously isn't. If you continue to play scared and make the wrong decisions because you don't want to lose your money, you will probably just lose your money slowly. Either become less risk averse or find a different game as it seems like you know where you made your mistakes.