It's not your balance that matters there, it's the amount of money you choose to bring into the game at the start. If I could boost my odds by bringing in only $498 dollars of my five hundred then I would do so every time.
Your actual balance is ridiculous to include in a game's calculations.
In texas hold'em your actual balance is a very significant factor in your optimal behaviour in a particular hand. Short-stack tactics are different to big stack tactics.
Okay, I didn't make myself clear enough. Let's say you have a thousand dollar bill in your hand. You decide to convert $600 into chips because that's a multiple of three, and then you put $400 into your room safe. Your real balance is 1000, but your balance for the game is 600. Your stack tactics are based on the 600. Your chance of winning is based on the 600 you chose to bring. Anything that counted the 400 in your room vault would be ridiculous. Yet the game in the blog would.
Your actual balance is ridiculous to include in a game's calculations.