Why You Shouldnt Play HUSNG with 20 Buyins

[RyanJM]

I agree with cwar's article. I don't know anyone that has done the whole 10 buy-in move-up deal successfully above the $30 level. Sure, I went from $10 to $20 hu very quickly, at 10 buy-ins or less, but around $30 I had around 20+ buy-ins. $50 I had 20-30 buy-ins. Even before I played poker, losing $20 would not affect me much. Losing $50 doesn't bother me much, but it would have if I only had 10 buy-ins because $50 is not an insignificant amount of money to me.

Your confidence in your game could be shattered if you lost 5 buy-ins and it was half your roll. You can't play poker scared, and unless you're a total robot I don't see how you could play optimally with only a few buy-ins in your account. All theory aside, no one that I know who is good at HUSNG poker does that.