I'm building a new roll after cashing out and i'm back at $25NL currently. I ran foul for a few thousand hands but managed to play optimal poker because of the poor standard of play, but I would tilt more at $200 or $400 NL because play is obviously much less transparent. Running bad at $25 was kind of fun because it allowed me to gain confidence from all the correct folds I was making. I think by playing ABC poker again at these low stakes is sort of like relearning discipline, I'm sure as hell crushing this game more than I did when I last played it which isn't too surprising I guess

Anyway not sure how this post is relevant but yes my worst downswing was about 13 buyins around 3 of them were pure tilt. I don't think I could have more than a 4 or 5 buyin downswing at these stakes because it would have to be the sickest variance ever