dropping down

i've decided to drop down to 50nl for a little while. not sure for how long, could be a couple sessions or could be a couple weeks.

i've been thinking about my play, reading lots and watching a lot of low limit cr vids and i think i see the flaws in my game.

starting back at 50nl will be just less pressure. dropping 5 buy-ins at 50nl is not really that damaging to my br so i won't feel the pressure to win.

br to me is more a matter of being comfortable rather than risk of ruin. (to a certain degree) most people will say that 25 buy-ins is a good br for nl cash as long as you're willing to drop down when you go on a losing streak. so far, i've basically stuck to a 40 buy-in rule for nl cash which is pretty conservative. even that sometimes doesn't feel like enough but at the same time i've seen some really good limit players that were overly conservative with there roll and imo lost out on a lot of profit and growth as a player.

so for now it's down to 50nl to get my confidence back.

a couple other things,

- i cashed in some ftp points and got "the poker mindset", a book that is supposedly really good and deals w/ the mental side of playing poker. i think this will be a good read and should help me w/ my tilting ways. i started reading "poker and zen" a long time ago and never finished it. i found it ok but a lot of it seemed to advocate weak passive play and i never had the urge to finish it.

- im going to start posting in and browsing the nl cash forums on cardrunners. im hoping this will help me plug a few leaks and offer some insight into how others play certain situations.

- lastly, no way im making iron man status on ftp after hardly playing the last week. i might be able to pull out gold but we'll see.

hopefully i'll put some hands in tonite and play well.

tg