Yeah so didn't mention this last post, but I've been on an insane downswing since September 2008, due to bad play, several massive tilt swings, and running pretty awful.

Since Sept., I'm down about ~25 buyins at PLO50, and running ~16 buyins below expectation in all-in's.

I do'nt play full-time obviously, but it's always been my desire to become a nosebleed player someday (just for the challenge).

Well it's been 10 months since I started playing poker for real money, and here I am suck at PLO50.

It's nice to say that I've turned a $200 deposit into a ~$4k bankroll without ever redpositing, but considering that I've prob played something like 200k+ hands this year, that seems sort of pathetic.

Most of it is just not playing my A game all the time, blowing money away in obviously -ev spots, tilt, and running bad. Bad, bad combination.

A problem, that is probably unhealthy, is that my poker play sometimes affects my mood. When I'm losing, I can't stop thinking about it, stay up late to chase losses, and feel horrible the next day. That has got to stop.

I think I need to set a stop loss at 3 buyins or something per session, so I don't go on tilt.

I'm playing a 20/10/1.5ish TAG style right now, without much 3betting, to reduce variance, and because I really don't think a super aggressive style is most profitable for the PLO50 level. Also need to table select better, and not get into variance wars with the regulars.

I still believe I am good enough to 9-table at 10ptbb/100+ for 50k-100k hands or so, and I will do my best to prove that!

GL at the tables