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[ChipFish]

I am not saying you are wrong here. But I do the exact opposite.
These guys tend to be the best opportunity to double up quick....
Just keep re-buying to top yourself up if you drift a few bets below the max buy-in. Be somewhat patient but aggressive and they'll pay you off.

[Zybomb]

Thats another way to think about it. I found that generally these players know what they're doing (unless theyre winning was from one big hand and is only temporary), and if I do get doubled up its when I have a monster over a monster, which only happens once in a while... the other plus though is they also are generally more aggressive which can play into your factor also. And obviously there more money to be won.

Ive had just too many times when I took all of someones $90, in a hand they were just dominated in bc they played horrible....or when they call preflop raises with garbage and fold to a basic continuation bet every time, giving me an extra 8 bucks per hand....thats why I say that.

[bdawg31]

If you are at say a $100 max buy-in NL table - at what point do you reload to top it back off at $100? I usually do when i get to around $80ish or so. I guess maybe in theory i should do it everytime i dip a little off the max buy-in??

[omahilo]

personally PokerNovice I do it if I drop to even like $95 or even sooner depending on the table because you want the most money possible on the table incase you hit a monster and put it allin.

[ChipFish]

At an aggressive table?
After I go through the blinds.
That's how serious I am about this.
The way I see it, if some jackass with a $300 stack wants to double me up, then I should at least have the decency to let him do so when I have $100 in front of me instead of $94.50 ($100x2= $200) - ($94.50x2=$189) = I lose $11.

That's how I look at it.

[Talking Poker]

In theory, this is correct... I'm too lazy to do it though, and it makes my acounting more difficult (I track my winnings every session, of course). I usualyl reload for even numbers that put me close to the original buy in. If it costs me a few bucks from a double up, so be it. It will probably save me those same few bucks from a second best hand just as often...

[ChipFish]

It's pretty hard to lose with the nuts.

[Talking Poker]

I'd lose al ot of blinds (meaning I'd be reloading constantly) if I sat around waiting to play until I had the nuts.