Quote Originally Posted by Revolver123
I think that my game at 5NL is pretty solid. ... Here's the problem - I can't grow my bankroll.
If you're pretty solid, then all you have to do is play enough hands and your bankroll will grow. How many hands have you played @ $5NL?

Quote Originally Posted by Revolver123
For example - if I'm in a pot with AKs and the flop is Axx rainbow and I lead in, it always ends up with me being all in against another all in to have a showdown of T5o where he hit 2 pair. THIS HAPPENS SO MANY TIMES IN A SESSION IT'S UNREAL. Bad beats are bad beats and I get my money in where I'm supposed to but when I'm playing full rings and I raise 8x the bb and get a million callers, someone will hit something. And I'll lose a buyin like that.
If you get your money all-in good, then you're good and have nothing to worry about except playing enough hands. If you get your money all-in bad, that's bad and you need to do some soul searching to figure out why that keeps happening. It doesn't matter that you had the best hand preflop. TPTK with a good hand doesn't entitle you to the pot. You have to learn to play post flop, too. I play at these stakes and rarely do I raise 8x and get a million callers, but for the sake of argument if I did, I would start raising 16x or whatever it took to isolate and if I could shove all-in with AA and get a caller or two, even better. Work on adjusting to your tables and learning how to beat them based on how they are playing.

Quote Originally Posted by Revolver123
I'm wondering if I should tighten it up at 5NL to reduce this happening. If I get pot committed with a loose donk, I lose too much money because very rarely do they have TP weak kicker, it's always two pair or better.

Maybe I should only pot commit or go all in when I have the absolute nuts? It's just an observation that with TPTK and I bet 80% of the flop to take it down and the guy reraises x 20 with an all in, I should probably get away because even though getting my money in might be smart, the showdown always ends up me losing to junk.

Plus c-betting doesn't work at 5NL unless it's in the morning with the multi table grinders which are easy to outplay
It sounds like you're generalizing and trying to come up with a one way system, but in the broader sense, I think you need to focus on reading your villains and understanding the table dynamics and react accordingly. There will seldom be a one size fits all approach to success at the poker table.

Good luck.