Thanks Erpel, your post pretty much covered all the things I've been thinking but wasn't sure about. Poker is pretty nerve-wracking trying to figure out by yourself. I put in another 2k hands this last week and I tightened up a bit on my opening hands and I now feel a lot more secure about my play. I think I was playing just a bit too loose for how aggressive I have been trying to play, and that's what I was nervous about.

Quote Originally Posted by Erpel
The best thing you can do for your game is probably divorce your thinking from the idea that winning money is important.
I have been trying hard to think of playing poker as putting in time for experience rather than working for money. This has helped me a LOT getting back in after having losing sessions.

I think for now the biggest thing I need to worry about is watching myself better when trying to beat the super laggy players. It's too easy to hit big once and then loosen up and wind up screwing yourself out of your winnings and then the rest of your stack. But, on the positive side, I'm still up even after all my mistakes (alongside their suckouts) and they're still there throwing money away, so I guess I can't complain.

Wow, just thinking about all I learned in2k hands since this post makes me very excited about the coming weeks.