It takes a long time to learn..

[SirFWALGMan]

In retrospect there were alot of points I could have quit. I was down to 1K and got up almost to 2K. I just wasnt thinking. I was over-tired and on a serious tilt. I do not think I was going to stop until I got to 3K.

I could have stopped at 500 too and had enough of a buffer to play 1/2 and rebuild quicker. Again, I was just out of my mind for a night.

I was playing 5/10 to start with, but I hit the 15-30 level at one point and everything in-between. I did well on the tables at time. However the problem with these levels is not that the players are much better (there are some really bad ones) but that the normal ebb-flow of the game, what we call variance, is too much to withstand when your entire bankroll is 2 sessions away from destruction. You figure playing at 15-30, if I play 1 hand right, and get sucked out I am down a few hundred bucks easily. One hand. Obviously a few thousand is not enough.

I think a few factors came together to make the perfect storm: My roof was leaking and I was worried about the money, I then lost enough so I was not going to take anything out this month for Poker, and one thing led to another, and I creamed myself trying to get back to 3K.

Although it was not a fun experience it will hopefully be a lesson learned. If I can become less nightly-goal oriented because of this it will be all worth it. I expect to be playing 5/10 again in about 4 months. It is a vague target and I am not going to do anything to make sure it happens. However I fully expect to be able to do this. See you then!