Wow. Just when you think things can't get any worse, they do!  I went from marginally winning player to losing player.  WTF?!?  Anyway, a lot of it is just being card dead and my good hands running into better hands and all the other standard reasons for downswings, but still!  But what this does do is show me that my current approach to the game is not working.  Not because of this ferocious downswing, but because I have noticed a consistent pattern of losing money in certain areas of my game over the past few months.  I took the night off from playing and thought about what it is I'm doing and what needs to change.  Back to the drawing board!

But during the day, I played some 1/2 Rush, just to get a little confidence back and to convince myself that online wasn't rigged.  Mission accomplished.  I think I'll play Rush for another week or two to retool (again).  I think one of the mistakes I'm making is that I'm trying to play like everyone else and I get stuck at points where I face resistance.  I suppose it's all part of the learning process.  There's a reason why good players play the way they do, but when everyone plays one way, sometimes it's not incorrect to play a different way.

I also played one SNG (single table tournament), to take a break from the cash game and came in first.  When we got two handed, I had 2/3 of the chips and asked the guy if he wanted a deal - meaning we take a split of the prize pool based on our stacks.  I only asked because he seemed somewhat competent and at that point, I didn't think the amount of time I would spend playing and the potential future aggravation if I lost was worth the small bit of +ev I may be giving up.  The guy tells me "no" because he's a "head's up specialist."  I look at his stats and he's only raising 35% of his buttons in HU play and I'm thinking to myself, "Whaaa?!?  I don't even think the micro heads-up guys open so few hands.  Play Money Heads Up Specialist, Bro?  Okay, fool.  Let's just keep playing."  I whittle him down and few dozen hands later, I get him on a flip.  Anyway, I only mention this because I think some people think they are better than they actually are and a lot of times, that will impede your progress.

WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?

Mrs. Fly just made me a veggie burger for lunch.  I guess when you're good at poker, you get steak, and when you suck at poker, you get a veggie burger.  I'm going to tell you guys right now, I don't plan on eating veggie burgers for long!