Taking money off the table - reducing variance or weak move?

[superwomble]

Hi all, something I've been thinking about recently is whether it is a good move to close your table when you have made say double/treble your buy in (or 100/200 big blinds) then joining again with your standard buyin.

Obviously you can't do this at all tables, but you can for Zoom etc.

Is it a good way to reduce variance (which, having discussed in my 'run it twice' thread, is a good aim), as it reduces the amount you can lose back at any one time, or is it a weak move as it reduces the amount you can win from deeper opponents?

[doubleup]

Depends completely on how well you play deep and how well the other deep players play.  If you have a decent skill edge there, that will "overcome" any variance considerations as you will make more in a shorter period of time.

btw zoom eventually stops you I think

[superwomble]

Cheers, yes I can see what you mean, I've always leant towards keeping the stack but the variance conversation got me thinking.