I have a problem with a limited bankroll playing higher limits short stacked. See one of the problems isn't the amount you may lose but what about cost per orbit. This is a little excessive to prove the point but say I have $300 in my roll. I can buy in at a $200NL table short stacked but the blinds are $3 an orbit. My roll will only handle 100 orbits or 1000 hands at that stake if I never call or raise. Hell one reraise with KK or QQ and you have 1/6 of your whole roll on the table. How can you get enough hands to make this possibly profitable. At $25NL or $50NL it may be a little less obvious but play 10K or 20K hands and you see my point. Short stacking isn't a way to move up limits it's a way to minimize losses, or for some, a viable game strategy with the right BR. I could make 3x or 4x as much money playing $25NL than I ever could short staking $50NL just because of the blinds and bigger rake. Plus I play 8 tables, how could I afford the higher limits playing scared, and at the limits above your roll you will be scared.