lul... Okay, so you beat 2nl, and 5nl, and are about to move up to 10nl... And your a professional how?? Seriously, I've been there and done that. I don't claim to be good, but honestly nearly anyone with a semblance of poker skills can beat those stakes.

Although, the microstakes have improved in recent time from what I've heard, it still doesn't take a pro to rack up a massive winrate. And no, you do not need to balance.. Your concern should be to make the most +ev play for every decision you are given. You shouldn't give up on any ev now, because you expect it to make you more ev in the future, because quite frankly most of the players you are against either (A) don't consider your image..(B) will go busto soon enough... (C) will still pay you off later.. or (D) are completely braindead.

The average 5nl villian isn't assigning hand ranges. They aren't positional aware. They don't adjust to your exploiting. They just look at their cards, check their watch, realize they haven't played/shoved a hand in the past 3 minutes, and "mix it up".

You should not!! Here you are building a pot against people who do not like to fold out of position, with a hand with very marginal potential. And you will continue to get in spots as you did in this hand, and you won't get as lucky everytime.