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Originally Posted by donkdreams
I'm trying to lower my variance and buying into games for the minimum of 25BB - $50. Ideally, I would like to leave the table as soon as I double and rebuy at another table for $50.
What happens right now is that after I double, I continue to play with 50BB, playing more hand ranges. Depending on the table, I'd play with this until the dealer switches out, or I hit 75 - 100BB. There were a few situations where I had doubled to 50BB, and a few hands later lost my stack with a cooler.
Does it matter? Can I leave the table shortly after doubling? I want to play short stack for a few more sessions.
Variance sounds like a pretty technical math term. But in 'poker terms' variance is just 'swings' in bankroll. So playing short does reduce swings due to the limited exposure.
However, as others have indicated, I'm not so sure you have as much 'control' over your equity since your not deep enough to add much fold equity when you shove. I know for many poker players there's nothing better in life (at the time) than snapping off a short stack with 67s multi-way.
You may also not get the action you desire if players are aware that you will dash away if you win ... so the opposite is true as well. So at the right table you could 'steal' your way to a double up without ever seeing a River.
The other posts have pretty much covered your questions. There is a social balancing act in poker among the players. Regs are nice to regs, especially when seated next to each other, as long as you keep coming back and putting chips they can take from you on the table. Notwithstanding the social 'pressure' do what you want with your stack ... I've lost plenty just sticking around trying to keep a table going or not wanting to rush off after some 'run good' myself.
You don't mention 'getting better' at poker or whether you are interested in playing 'winning'/optimum poker. So I think you are just trying to build a bankroll back to where you have a couple of full BIs. There's nothing wrong with that.
I think what others are indicating is that you should make sure that you play a short stack style when playing short. That is the best way to achieve whatever you are trying to get out of playing that way. GL