Cannot Build My Roll -- Up and Down -- Need Help (Long)

[gotmarc]

Have you ever considered buying in short?

LEt's say you buy in for 5% of your bankroll $2.50 and you play the .01-.02 tables. you have a stack of 125 big blinds, but most of the people you are playing bought in for $1--sound familiar. It's every difficult to get all the money on the table. You're up against calling stations who don't even know what they have let alone you. So it's harder to read them and even harder to bluff them.

Or you're up against some jerk who regularly plays $5-$10 NLHE ten hours a day, but is steaming because he recently lost five buy-ins. Even if this guy's on tilt he's not going to give up a lot of chips when you hit your flush draw on the river.

The weak spot gives up all of thier chips, but it's only a dollar.

You set yourself up to either win $1 or lose $2.50.

If you want to buy in with a deep stack, you must be very careful to protect it. You can not go broke with top pair. YOu may think your AK when on A-7-2, but the donkey with 7-2 currently has you beat. If you don't counterfit his two pair or catch another ace or king then you are in a situation where you stand to lose more than you can win.