Why I play like this:

I developed this strategy cause I got sick of big stacks ($100 at a .25/.50) chasing draws against me with incorrect odds and then playing insanely at the river. I was drizzeling away 3 or 4 bucks at a time against these whales, sometimes getting AA cracked and having my buyin busted, (why would they call a 3x pot bet on the flop with only a flush draw and no callers? To crack me. And BTW, these players rarely call you unless they know they're going to crack you...the type who fold to your nuts, and know exactly when they're going to hit their draw and put you all in on the river) So I decided to quit bringing the max buyin to the table to shut down their whale-like plaing style. It worked...until said whales took poor odds against me and somehow won.

I find it very difficult and irritating to play against whale players. I can usually make small change from these people, but I can't seem to get a decent pot out of them, because they mask their hand strength very well. These are the people who bet their draws the same way they bet top pair, and they seem to be going all in on the river every time they're at the river, and winning 90% of showdowns.

Because I can't stand winning small change and then losing big change, I decided to start getting a modest amount of money in when the cards were good against people willing to call any bet to "take your stack".