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Originally Posted by s.boxer
I have a question regarding playing with 1-2 buyins in my roll at a time. Is it possible for me to lose 6 buyins at 2/3 $100 cap and still be a winning player? Instead of building a roll I just kept playing with my leftover paycheck at the end of the week for 1 maybe 2 buyins and I lose it everytime.
It seems like I always get my money in good except for coolers like TPTK vs set 33bb deep, so at first I thought it was variance, then I actually calculated the EV of my all in hands and I'm only like 2 buyins below EV. This doesn't make any sense to me how can I be down 6 buyins but only 2 buyins below EV? Usually I'll double up against a flush draw, then lose a flip or something and I'll be at close to neutral EV but down money.
I feel like I'm playing good too, I pretty much gave up bluffing because you can't bluff a 30bb stack and I always get my money in good or flipping but I just can't build a roll because at some point I'll be all in for $300 with my whole roll on the table and lose. The way you guys describe the game though I should have broken out and been able to build up a roll by now.
The structure you have described sounds like it would be tough to beat playing short. Too much money is leaving the table relative to the average stack.
If you are trying to build a roll for long term, then if you buy in for $100 and triple to $300, leave. The game will be there again, and you are risking too much at one time. That structure seems to eliminate some of the edge you would otherwise have, although to be honest, I think you are overestimating your edge somewhat and trying to play a short stack live game like it is online.