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Message: [QUOTE="BenjiHustle, post: 2418649, member: 110225"] I understand; I'm looking for light at the end of the tunnel here. I mean, I'm grinding 4nl like my life depends on it, with nowhere lower to go. Trust me, after crushing 600nl on Bovada the way I did over a month or two, playing 4nl is definitely not the same "rush" or level of engaging. I also wasn't thinking you'd mix 5 and 10, but instead a step down would be just 10, then a step down would be mixing 5 and 10, then a step down being exclusively 5... etc. The baseball analogy is one that I've experienced myself (short of major leagues) but equivalent of going from mid-stakes to micros (single-A to AA to single-A short[which is below single-A]). I promise you, even in dollars available to the player (can make a living at AAA, can't below), it is equivalent. Sometimes you're playing your best and everything you hit is right at someone and you end up hitting .117 over 80-some at-bats despite making great contact every single time (equivalent of having the nuts OTF and being beaten OTT or OTR 75 out of 80 times or so, imo). Then you get dropped down. Is it because you're playing badly? No, you're in a slump. Sometimes it just takes a change of scenery to get a guy going right; I think it's the same in poker. Not trying to persuade you that the comparison is 100% spot on, but trying to show you that slumps happen everywhere and that people get pushed back for reasons beyond their control all of the time. The only difference, imo, is that you have the control to move yourself up or down in this case and may be making more of an emotional, stubborn decision than would be optimal. I def. understand what you're saying and don't necessarily disagree. It's just a different point of view. Something that I neglected to ask, though I meant to: Is it possible that you're outplaying yourself at 25nl on Bovada? I mean, the skill level is equivalent to most 4, 5, 6, and 10nl on other sites, maybe not even 10nl. You may be out-thinking the competition so much that it's working against you. [/QUOTE]

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